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Code Division Multiplexing

Code-division multiplexing is a technique where multiple channels can simultaneously share the same frequency spectrum by using unique coded sequences of pulses called chips. Each channel transmits bits as a coded sequence of chips, with the spreading factor determining the number of chips per bit. All channels using different codes can be transmitted and asynchronously separated on the same medium. Code division multiplexing is used in code division multiple access networks and systems like GPS.

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Code Division Multiplexing

Code-division multiplexing is a technique where multiple channels can simultaneously share the same frequency spectrum by using unique coded sequences of pulses called chips. Each channel transmits bits as a coded sequence of chips, with the spreading factor determining the number of chips per bit. All channels using different codes can be transmitted and asynchronously separated on the same medium. Code division multiplexing is used in code division multiple access networks and systems like GPS.

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Code-division multiplexing
Main articles Spread spectrum and Code division multiplexing
Code division multiplexing (CDM) or spread spectrum is a class of techniques where several channels simultaneously
share the same frequency spectrum, and this spectral bandwidth is much higher than the bit rate or symbol rate. One
form is frequency hopping, another is direct sequence spread spectrum. In the latter case, each channel transmits its bits
as a coded channel-specific sequence of pulses called chips. Number of chips per bit, or chips per symbol, is the
spreading factor. This coded transmission typically is accomplished by transmitting a unique time-dependent series of
short pulses, which are placed within chip times within the larger bit time. All channels, each with a different code, can
be transmitted on the same fiber or radio channel or other medium, and asynchronously demultiplexed. Advantages over
conventional techniques are that variable bandwidth is possible (just as in statistical multiplexing), that the wide
bandwidth allows poor signal-to-noise ratio according to Shannon-Hartley theorem, and that multi-path propagation in
wireless communication can be combated by rake receivers.
Code Division Multiplex techniques are used as an channel access scheme, namely Code Division Multiple Access
(CDMA), e.g. for mobile phone service and in wireless networks, with the advantage of spreading intercell interference
among many users. Confusingly, the generic term Code Division Multiple access sometimes refers to a specific CDMA
based cellular system defined by Qualcomm.
Another important application of CDMA is the Global Positioning System (GPS).

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