Spread spectrum multiple access for mobile meteor burst communications

Author

Ralston, William T. ; Weitzen, Jay A.

Author_Institution

Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA, USA

Volume

44

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

5/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

280

Lastpage

290

Abstract

The paper considers the application of a direct sequence code division multiple access (CDMA) scheme to a mobile meteor burst communication network. It is shown that a CDMA scheme solves the significant multiple-access problem caused by low channel diversity when remote station nodes are closely spaced. The CDMA scheme is shown to provide low waiting times and high throughput for networks of many thousands of nodes. A comparison of the CDMA scheme to a random frequency division multiple access scheme is provided where the offered traffic load, network size, system bandwidth, and interference levels are varied

Keywords

channel capacity; code division multiple access; land mobile radio; meteor burst communication; pseudonoise codes; radiofrequency interference; spread spectrum communication; telecommunication traffic; CDMA; channel diversity; direct sequence code division multiple access; interference levels; mobile meteor burst communications; network size; offered traffic load; random frequency division multiple access scheme; remote station nodes; spread spectrum multiple access; system bandwidth; throughput; waiting times; Access protocols; Frequency conversion; Mobile communication; Multiaccess communication; Network topology; Noise level; Spread spectrum communication; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/25.385920

Filename

385920