The effect of chip waveform shaping on the synchronization performance of DS-CDMA signals

Author

El-Tarhuni, Mohamed G. ; Landolsi, Mohamed A.

Author_Institution

Wireless Solutions, Nortel Networks, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

36342

Firstpage

2427

Abstract

The impact of chip waveform shaping on the synchronization performance of DS-CDMA signals is investigated. Acquisition and tracking performance are compared for signals with both full-response and partial response pulses. To ensure fair comparison, all pulses are prefiltered to occupy the same bandwidth. It is shown that full-response pulses significantly outperform the partial-response waveforms from the acquisition performance prospective. However, for tracking performance, the partial-response pulses are marginally superior to the full-response ones

Keywords

code division multiple access; spread spectrum communication; synchronisation; tracking; DS-CDMA signals; acquisition; acquisition performance; chip waveform shaping; full-response pulse; partial response pulse; synchronization performance; tracking; tracking performance; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Error analysis; Matched filters; Multiaccess communication; Performance analysis; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999 IEEE 49th

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5565-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1999.778511

Filename

778511