Introduction to Space-Time Wireless Communication (Excellent Textbook for Overseas Students -- Communication)

Author: Paulraj, A. et al.
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Wireless networks require higher data rates, and space-time processing, utilizing multi-antenna technology and complex signal processing algorithms, is a powerful new tool for improving system performance. Space-time processing technology has played a significant role in the UMTS and CDMA2000 mobile standards. This book provides an ideal introduction to this rapidly evolving field. The author, Arogyaswami Paulraj, is a professor at Stanford University and has long been engaged in research on space-time wireless communication. He has published over 300 articles in IEEE and holds 18 patents. In this book, the authors discuss the fundamentals of space-time transmission, space-time channels, channel capacity, spatial diversity, and space-time coding, striving to balance between practical system design and cutting-edge topics (such as space-time OFDM, space-time spread spectrum modulation, co-channel interference cancellation, and multi-user MIMO). The main chapters of this book are: 1. Introduction; 2. Space-Time Transmission; 3. Space-Time Channels and Signal Models; 4. Space-Time Channel Capacity; 5. Spatial Diversity; 6. Space-Time Coding with Unknown Channel Information at the Transmitter; 7. Space-Time Reception; 8. Exploiting Transmitter Channel Information; 9. Space-Time OFDM and Spread Spectrum Modulation; 10. Multi-User MIMO; 11. Mitigation of Space-Time Co-Channel Interference; 12. Performance Limits and Trade-offs in MIMO Channels. This book is suitable as a textbook and reference for graduate students in the field of wireless communication and space-time signal processing, as well as a reference for engineers engaged in research and applications in these fields.