Cooperative Communications Hardware, Channel

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.

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.

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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Cooperative Communications Hardware, Channel and PHY

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