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Channel access and interference issues in multi-code DS-CDMA wireless packet (ATM) networks

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Multi-Code Direct-Sequence Code-Division-Multiple-Access (MC-CDMA) has been proposed as a flexible multiple access scheme for wireless packet networks that support a large variety of mobiles with different and even time-varying rates. Using MC-CDMA, traffic streams with significantly different transmission rates can be easily integrated into a unified architecture, with all the transmissions occupying the same bandwidth and having the same spread spectrum processing gain. In this paper, we address medium-access and interference issues in MC-CDMA wireless packet networks. For medium access, we propose and study Multi-Code CDMA (MC-CDMA) with Distributed-Queueing Request Update Multiple Access (DQRUMA) to form a unified bandwidth-on-demand fair-sharing platform for multi-rate wireless services. DQRUMA is an efficient demand-assignment multiple access protocol for wireless access and scheduling. Pseudo-Noise (PN) codes (primary codes) and optimal power levels are allocated to the mobiles on a slot-by-slot basis, and a Maximum Capacity Power Allocation (MCPA) criterion exploits the sub-code concatenation property of the MC-CDMA transmission. Simulation results show that the system provides close to ideal-access performance for multi-rate mobiles, both with homogeneous traffic characteristics and with a mix of heterogeneous traffic characteristics. Finally, we analyze the effects of MC-CDMA intercell interference on the reverse link (i.e., mobile to cell site) and investigate interference reduction by using the Maximum Capacity Power Allocation (MCPA) criterion. Our results show significant reduction in reverse-link MC-CDMA intercell interference is possible using the MCPA criterion.

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  1. Bell Laboratories, Room 4F-523, 101 Crawfords Corner Road, 07733-3030, Holmdel, NJ, USA

    Zhao Liu

  2. Bell Laboratories, Room 4F-529, 101 Crawfords Corner Road, 07733-3030, Holmdel, NJ, USA

    Mark J. Karol

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 200 South 33rd Street, 19104-6390, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Magda El Zarki

  4. Bell Laboratories, Room 4F-519, 101 Crawfords Corner Road, 07733-3030, Holmdel, NJ, USA

    Kai Y. Eng

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Liu, Z., Karol, M.J., El Zarki, M. et al. Channel access and interference issues in multi-code DS-CDMA wireless packet (ATM) networks. Wireless Netw 2, 173–193 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01201052

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