Performance of multicarrier DS CDMA systems in the presence of correlated fading

We evaluate the system performance of a multicarrier DS CDMA system proposed by Kondo and Milstein (see IEEE Trans. on Commun., vol.44, no.2, p.238-46, 1996) when there is correlation in the fading of the various subcarriers. We consider the average probability of error of the system when both multiple access interference and partial-band interference are present, and compare the results with that of a single carrier RAKE system.