Partitioning of spreading sequences for increased minimum distance using CPFSK modulation

By using continuous-phase frequency shift keying (CPFSK) in a direct-sequence code-division multiple-access (DS-CDMA) system, and by partitioning the spreading sequence so that differing patterns of plus and minus chips are multiplied onto successive data bits, the net phase change will differ from bit to bit, giving an apparent variation in modulation index similar to multi-h CPFSK. This gives similar coding gain effects as multi-h CPFSK when maximum-likelihood sequence detection is used. Improved probability of error performance in terms of increased minimum distance has been demonstrated when the spreading sequence of a CDMA system is properly overlaid on outgoing data bits in the CPFSK modulation scheme. At the best modulation index observed, h=5/7, a computer search shows ~1.4-dB advantage over binary phase shift keying, and a ~0.6-dB advantage over the best fixed-h CPFSK