Multi-Carrier Spread-Spectrum & Related Topics

Khaled Fazel

The benefits and success of multi-carrier (MC) modulation on one side and the flexibility offered by the spread spectrum (SS) technique on the other side has motivated many researchers to investigate the combination of both techniques since 1993. This combination, known as multi-carrier spread-spectrum (MC-SS), benefits from the main advantages of both systems and offers high flexibility, high spectral efficiency, simple detection strategies, narrow-band interference rejection capability, etc.. The basic principle of this combination is straightforward: The spreading is performed as direct sequence spread-spectrum (DS-SS) but instead of transmitting the chips over a single carrier, several sub-carriers could be employed. The MC modulation and demodulation can easily be realized in the digital domain by performing IFFT and FFT operations. The separation of the users' signals could be...