AbstractThis paper (1) describes the structure and the performance of a band‐limited spread‐spectrum transmission system suited for short‐range terrestrial inter‐vehicle or vehicle‐to‐beacon radio links that features Generalized MSK as modulation format and asynchronous direct‐sequence code‐division multiple access. The Bit Error Rate (BER) performance of such a system is evaluated over a recently proposed 60 GHz short‐range mobile radio channel model. In particular, the sensitivity to a number of relevant link parameters (such as the distance between transmit and receive antennas and the receiver speed) is investigated, and the impact of code tracking errors and of differential encoding/detection of the spreading code chips on system performance is also discussed.