Spread-spectrum system and method

A spread-spectrum system and method for providing high-capacity communications through multipath compensation, for automatically and adaptively controlling a mobile user's spread-spectrum transmitter power level when operating in a cellular communications network, and for providing variable or adjustable signal bandwidth capabilities in a spread-spectrum transmitter. Multipath compensation is accomplished using a plurality of filters (121-126), a plurality of multipliers (111-116), and a plurality of weighting devices (131-136), coupled through a first adder (120) and a second adder (130) to a decision device (150). The adaptive power control device of the present invention includes a base station having an AGC amplifier (228), despreader (231), comparator (239), power amplifier (237), delta modulator (235), multiplexer (234), combiner (236) and power measurement device (233). The adaptive power control device also includes a mobile station having a despreader (334), demultiplexer (339), demodulator (340), decision device (345), accumulator (346), step size algorithm device (344), variable gain device (341) and transmitter (342). The variable bandwidth device includes a chipping sequence generator (161), impulse generator (165), product device (164) and filter (166).