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Spread spectrum based on chaotic sequences is an alternative to spread spectrum based on pseudo-noise sequences. In this letter we present the application of two multi-user detection methods (parallel and successive interference cancellation schemes) to this type of code division multiple access. We demonstrate that, also for chaotic sequence-based communications, multi-user receivers significantly improve the BER with respect to single-user receivers, and that their use is practically essential with a high number of users.

Recently, there has been a good deal of interest in the use of chaotic signals for direct sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA) communication systems. The capacity of DS-CDMA systems is interference-limited, and can therefore be increased by techniques that suppress interference. This letter is devoted to the evaluation of the impact of blind multiuser detection techniques on chaos based DS-CDMA systems. Blind receivers can suppress multiple access interference and do not require knowledge of the code sequences and propagation channels of the interference. We demonstrate that, for chaotic sequence-based communications, blind multiuser receivers significantly improve the BER with respect to single-user receivers, and that their use is practically essential with a high number of users.