Cooperative Communications Hardware, Channel and PHY

by Dohler, Mischa; Li, Yonghui

• ISBN13: 9780470997680
• ISBN10: 0470997680
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-22
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The definitive guide to cooperative communications focusing on the physical layer of the wireless communication networkConcentrating solely on the PHY layer of wireless communication networks, Cooperative Communications: The Physical Layer offers application scenarios such as WiMAX, wLANs and Wireless Sensor Networks for cooperative and distributed schemes to explain how such techniques can be employed. The author defines important concepts and terms in order to harmonise understanding of these complex technologies and terminology amongst readers and discusses background and milestone contributions to PHY algorithms.The book then addresses hardware issues and what cannot be achieved; it shows channel models to differ significantly from more traditional channel models and explains the reliance of PHY algorithm performance on underlying channel models.Finally, Dohler introduces the various transparent relaying methods, and regenerative relaying methods, for a variety of single carrier and cooperative schemes and highlights future research challenges within the field.

Author Biography

Dr. Mischa Dohler obtained his MSc degree in Telecommunications from King's College London, UK, in 1999, his Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Dresden University of Technology, Germany, in 2000, and his PhD from King's College London in 2003. He was lecturer at King's College London, Centre for Telecommunications Research, until June 2005. He now works as a Senior Expert in the R&D department of France Telecom working on distributed/cooperative communication systems, sensor networks and cognitive radio. He has published over 90 technical journal and conference papers, holds several patents and has co-edited and contributed to several books.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Book Structure

Quick Introduction

Application Scenarios

Pros & Cons of Cooperation

Cooperative Performance Bounds

Definitions & Terminology

Background & Milestones

Concluding Remarks

Wireless Relay Channel

Introductory Note

General Characteristics & Trends

Regenerative Relaying Channel

Transparent Relaying Channel

Distributed MIMO Channel

Concluding Remarks

Transparent Relaying Techniques

Introductory Note

Transparent Relaying Protocols

Transparent Space-Time Processing

Distributed System Optimization

Concluding Remarks

Regenerative Relaying Techniques

Introductory Note

Regenerative Relay Protocols

Distributed Space-Time Coding

Distributed Network Coding

Concluding Remarks

Hardware Issues

Introductory Note

Analog Hardware Transceivers

Digital Hardware Transceivers

Architectural Comparisons

Complexity of 3G UMTS Voice/HSDPA Relay

Complexity of LTE/WiMAX Relay

Hardware Demonstrators

Concluding Remarks

Conclusions & Outlook

Contributions

Real-World Impairments

Open Research Problems

Business Challenges

Bibliography

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