Rayleigh fading effect reduction with wideband DS/CDMA signals

Mobile radio fading analyses typically assume a single frequency carrier transmitted through the propagation medium. The results are then used for the case of narrowband transmission. New phenomena occur with wideband transmission. This paper presents an analysis of the mitigation of the Rayleigh fading effect for wideband direct sequence code division multiple access (DS/CDMA) signaling. There are measurements that show this phenomenon. The reduction of the Rayleigh fading effect is an advantage of CDMA over narrowband transmission systems and it eases the burden of CDMA power control. A general expression for the coefficient of variation of the received wideband signal power is derived. It is shown how the coefficient of variation of the received power decreases as the bandwidth spreading increases. This paper also analyzes the time correlation needed for other analyses (e.g., CDMA power control)