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Abstract

A method for establishing and communicating synchronous, code division multiple access communications between a base station and a plurality of remote units. A plurality of remote-communications signals which have spread-spectrum modulation are transmitted from the plurality of remote units and arrive simultaneously at the base station. The method includes transmitting repetitively from the base station a access signal having spread-spectrum modulation and receiving the access signal at an accessing-remote unit. The accessing-remote unit transmits an echo signal which has spread-spectrum modulation. The echo signal is received at the base station and a time delay is measured between the access signal and the received echo signal. A protocol signal which has spread-spectrum modulation is transmitted to the accessing-remote unit, with the protocol signal communicating a chip codeword and the time delay measured at the base station. The accessing-remote unit adjusts a delay time such that the communications signal transmitted from the accessing-remote unit arrives simultaneously at the base station with communications signals transmitted from the plurality of remote units. The base station communicates to the plurality of remote units, with a plurality of base-communications signals. Each chip codeword of each base-communications signal is orthogonal to chip codewords of the plurality of base-communications signals. The plurality of remote-communications signals arrive simultaneously at the base station with each chip codeword of each remote-communications signal orthogonal to chip codewords of the plurality of remote-communications signals.

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