This authoritative, cutting-edge resource gives mobile communications professionals a thorough understanding of CDMA (code division multiple access) transmissions and detection. Because CDMA technology provides a highly efficient way to share communication channels among different users, it has been adopted in today's third generation mobile communication systems. The book offers practical guidance in designing the latest equipment being utilized in the field. The book describes the open issues of this type of multiple access, introduces the properties of CDMA, and investigates in-depth novel and recent CDMA systems.