Real time Variable Bit Rate (VBR) video, which mostly means constant quality, requires variable bandwidth under real time constraints. In the wireless environment, these constraints are quite difficult to satisfy without excessive overhead control signaling.  CDMA access appears to have the unique advantage of providing instantaneous bandwidth on demand with very little overhead.  This thesis examines the performance of CDMA access in multiplexing VBR vido signals.

The investigation being carried out in this thesis assumes that video signals are compressed according to the H.263 standard with an average bit rate of 32 kbps and peak rate of 80 kbps.  The objective of the study is to examine the effectivness of the true VBR mode under realistic channel propagation conditions.  We are also interested in evaluating the effect of imperfect power control on the system performance.