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OVSF codes are used as channelization codes in WCDMA. Due to code blocking property of OVSF codes, the bandwidth available in the system is severely limited. Code reassignments mitigate the impact of the blocking property at the expense of causing delays and decreasing the throughput of the system. Nonblocking OVSF (NOVSF) codes have been proposed to alleviate the adverse effect of code reassignments. This paper presents a code assignment algorithm for NOVSF codes, which does not require any code reassignments. Simulation results show that NOVSF codes achieve better throughput than OVSF codes, even though code reassignments are allowed in the assignments of OVSF codes.
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Vadde, K., Çam, H. A Code Assignment Algorithm for Nonblocking OVSF Codes in WCDMA. Telecommunication Systems 25, 417–431 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:TELS.0000014792.81984.fe
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