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Foreword | p. xix |
Preface | p. xxi |
Acknowledgments | p. xxiii |
About the Authors | p. xxvii |
Overview of WiMAX | p. 1 |
Introduction to Broadband Wireless | p. 3 |
Evolution of Broadband Wireless | p. 5 |
Fixed Broadband Wireless: Market Drivers and Applications | p. 10 |
Mobile Broadband Wireless: Market Drivers and Applications | p. 12 |
WiMAX and Other Broadband Wireless Technologies | p. 13 |
Spectrum Options for Broadband Wireless | p. 17 |
Business Challenges for Broadband Wireless and WiMAX | p. 21 |
Technical Challenges for Broadband Wireless | p. 23 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 32 |
Bibliography | p. 32 |
Overview of WiMAX | p. 33 |
Background on IEEE 802 16 and WiMAX | p. 33 |
Salient Features of WiMAX | p. 37 |
WiMAX Physical Layer | p. 39 |
MAC-Layer Overview | p. 47 |
Advanced Features for Performance Enhancements | p. 55 |
Reference Network Architecture | p. 57 |
Performance Characterization | p. 59 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 61 |
Bibliography | p. 63 |
Technical Foundations of WiMAX 65 | |
The Challenge of Broadband Wireless Channels 67 | |
Communication System Building Blocks | p. 68 |
The Broadband Wireless Channel: Pathloss and Shadowing | p. 69 |
Cellular Systems | p. 77 |
The Broadband Wireless Channel: Fading | p. 84 |
Modeling Broadband Fading Channels | p. 91 |
Mitigation of Fading | p. 104 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 110 |
Bibliography | p. 110 |
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing | p. 113 |
Multicarrier Modulation | p. 114 |
OFDM Basics | p. 117 |
An Example: OFDM in WiMAX | p. 123 |
Timing and Frequency Synchronization | p. 124 |
The Peak-to-Average Ratio | p. 131 |
OFDM's Computational Complexity Advantage | p. 142 |
Simulating OFDM Systems | p. 144 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 145 |
Bibliography | p. 145 |
Multiple-Antenna Techniques 149 | |
The Benefits of Spatial Diversity | p. 150 |
Receive Diversity | p. 154 |
Transmit Diversity | p. 157 |
Beamforming | p. 169 |
Spatial Multiplexing | p. 174 |
Shortcomings of Classical MIMO Theory | p. 181 |
Channel Estimation for MIMO-OFDM | p. 184 |
Channel Feedback | p. 189 |
Advanced Techniques for MIMO | p. 190 |
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access | p. 199 |
Multiple-Access Strategies for OFDM | p. 200 |
Multiuser Diversity and Adaptive Modulation | p. 204 |
Resource-Allocation Techniques for OFDMA | p. 209 |
OFDMA in WiMAX: Protocols and Challenges | p. 216 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 219 |
Bibliography | p. 220 |
Networking and Services Aspects of Broadband Wireless | p. 223 |
Quality of Service | p. 224 |
Multimedia Session Management | p. 233 |
Security | p. 241 |
Mobility Management | p. 249 |
IP for Wireless: Issues and Potential Solutions | p. 260 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 265 |
Bibliography | p. 266 |
Understanding WiMAX and Its Performance 269 | |
PHY Layer of WiMAX 271 | |
Channel Coding | p. 272 |
Hybrid-ARQ | p. 278 |
Interleaving | p. 279 |
Symbol Mapping | p. 280 |
OFDM Symbol Structure | p. 280 |
Subchannel and Subcarrier Permutations | p. 282 |
Slot and Frame Structure | p. 290 |
Transmit Diversity and MIMO | p. 292 |
Closed-Loop MIMO | p. 296 |
Ranging | p. 300 |
Power Control | p. 302 |
Channel-Quality Measurements | p. 303 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 304 |
Bibliography | p. 304 |
MAC Layer of WiMAX 307 | |
Convergence Sublayer | p. 309 |
MAC PDU Construction and Transmission | p. 312 |
Bandwidth Request and Allocation | p. 316 |
Quality of Service | p. 317 |
Network Entry and Initialization | p. 319 |
Power-Saving Operations | p. 324 |
Mobility Management | p. 327 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 332 |
Bibliography | p. 333 |
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