High-performance MC-CDMA via carrier interferometry codes

This paper introduces the principles of interferometry to multicarrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA). Specifically, we propose the use of MC-CDMA with novel carrier interferometry (CI) complex spreading codes. The CI/MC-CDMA method, applied to mobile wireless communication systems, offers enhanced performance and flexibility relative to MC-CDMA with conventional spreading codes. Specifically, assuming a frequency selective Rayleigh-fading channel, CI/MC-CDMAs performance matches that of orthogonal MC-CDMA using Hadamard–Walsh codes up to the MC-CDMA user limit; and, CI/MC-CDMA provides the added flexibility of going beyond users, adding up to 1 additional users with pseudo orthogonal positioning. When compared to MC-CDMA schemes capable of supporting greater than users, CI/MC-CDMAs performance exceeds that of MC-CDMA. Additionally, this new system is analyzed in the presence of phase jitters and frequency offsets and is shown to be robust to both cases.