Multi-Carrier Spread-Spectrum

Multi-Carrier Spread-Spectrum by Khaled Fazel and Stefan Kaiser is a comprehensive technical reference on multi-carrier spread-spectrum (MC-SS) communication systems, combining the principles of spread-spectrum signaling with multicarrier transmission techniques such as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). Published by John Wiley & Sons in 2003, the book contains approximately 430 pages and is intended for graduate students, researchers, and engineers working in wireless communications, digital signal processing, and telecommunications.

The book provides an in-depth treatment of the theoretical foundations and practical implementation of multi-carrier spread-spectrum technology. It explains how spread-spectrum techniques can be integrated with multicarrier modulation to improve the robustness, capacity, and spectral efficiency of wireless communication systems operating in challenging radio environments. The authors begin with the fundamentals of spread-spectrum communications, including direct-sequence and frequency-hopping techniques, before introducing the principles of OFDM and demonstrating how the two approaches can be effectively combined.