Coverage of macrocellular multicarrier joint detection code division multiple access (MC/JD-CDMA)

Owing to the limited transmit powers of mobiles, the coverage of macrocellular radio systems is governed by the uplink. In this communication, the coverage of a macrocellular radio system deploying the recently proposed multicarrier joint detection code division multiple access (MC/JD-CDMA) is analyzed. We set out from the uplink minimally allowed mean received power P_{e, min} which is required to comply with a given quality of service (QoS) criterion. With P_{e, min} and a given transmit power P_s, the maximally allowed path loss a_max and the maximum average cell radius ρ_{0, max} are determined