Introduction to Space-Time Wireless Communications

by Arogyaswami Paulraj, Rohit Nabar, Dhananjay Gore

Overview

Wireless networks are under constant pressure to provide ever-higher data rates to increasing numbers of users with greater reliability. This book is an accessible introduction to every fundamental aspect of space-time wireless communications. Space-time processing technology is a powerful tool for improving system performance that already features in the UMTS and CDMA2000 mobile standards. The ideal volume for graduate students and professionals, it features homework problems and other supporting material on a companion website.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521065931
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/19/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Arogyaswami Paulraj received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology and is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He is the author of over 250 research papers and holds eight patents. He has held several positions in industry, including Chief Technology Officer of Iospan Wireless Inc, and he is a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He is also the recipient of the 2014 Marconi Prize.

Rohit Nabar is a Research Assistant in the Smart Antennas Research Group in the Electrical Engineering Department at Stanford University.

Dhananjay Gore is a Research Assistant in the Smart Antennas Research Group in the Electrical Engineering Department at Stanford University.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Space-time propagation; 3. Space-time channel and signal models; 4. Capacity of space-time channels; 5. Spatial diversity; 6. Space-time coding without channel knowledge at the transmitter; 7. Space-time receivers; 8. Exploiting channel knowledge at the receiver; 9. Space-time OFDM and spread spectrum modulation; 10. MIMO-multiuser; 11. Space-time co-channel interference mitigation; 12. Performance limits and tradeoffs in MIMO channels.