Williamson-Hadamard spreading sequences for DS-CDMA applications
Orthogonal bipolar spreading sequences are used in direct sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA) systems for both spectrum spreading and channel separation. The most commonly used sequences are Walsh-Hadamard sequences of lengths being an integer power of 2. A construction based on Williamson's arrays leading to sequences of lengths Ndrop4 (mod 8) is presented in the paper. Aperiodic correlation characteristics, for example sequence sets of lengths 12-252 are presented. The correlation properties of the sequence sets are later improved using a diagonal modification technique. Copyright (C) 2003 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.
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