Spreading Factor This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 10 years, 4 months ago by IRFAN. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts 22nd September 2014 at 10:42 #69687 IRFANGuest Hi all, I Have a question regarding the spreading factor of OVSF codes in UMTS. ” how come the higher the SF the low will be the payload of the signal and higher the SF ,low will be the payload of signal”. BR, Author Posts Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) The forum ‘Telecom Design’ is closed to new topics and replies.