<p>Unique in explaining the principles of MIMO networks at both link and system levels: now updated to include the latest developments in multi-user and multi-cell ???? channels and techniques, key developments for the developments of 4G networks!</p> <p>This book is unique in bridging the gap between MIMO radio propagation and signal processing techniques and presenting robust MIMO network designs for real-world wireless channels. Through a unified framework, it emphasizes how propagation mechanisms impact the MIMO system performance under realistic power constraints. Combining a solid mathematical analysis with a physical and intuitive approach, the book progressively derives innovative designs, taking into consideration that MIMO channels are often far from ideal.</p> <p>Reflecting developments since the first edition was published the book has been updated and now includes several new chapters, covering Multi-user MIMO, Multi-Cell MIMO, Receiver Design, MIMO in 3GPP and WiMAX and realistic system level evaluations of MIMO networks performance.</p> <p><U>Features include:</U> • Physical models and analytical representations of single-link and multi-link MIMO propagation channels, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of various models • Overview of space-time coding techniques, covering both classical and more recent schemes under information theory and error probability perspectives • In-depth presentation of how real-world propagation affects the capacity and the error performance of MIMO transmission schemes • Innovative and practical designs of robust space-time coding, precoding and limited feedback techniques for realistic propagation (including single-carrier and MIMO-OFDM transmissions) • Overview of popular MIMO receiver architectures • Multi-user diversity and resource allocation schemes in OFDMA networks as well as linear and non-linear MU-MIMO techniques under ideal and non-ideal channel knowledge • Extensive coverage of cooperative multi-cell MIMO-OFDMA networks, including network resource allocation optimization, coordinated scheduling, beamforming and power control, interference alignment, joint processing and network MIMO • Applications of MIMO and Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) in LTE, LTE-A and WiMAX• Theoretical derivations and results contrasted with practical system level evaluations highlighting the performance of single-cell and multi-cell MIMO techniques in realistic deployments. </p><ul><li>Physical models and analytical representations of MIMO propagation channels, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of various models</li><li>Overview of space-time coding techniques, covering both classical and more recent schemes under information theory and error probability perspectives</li><li>In-depth presentation of how real-world propagation affects the capacity and the error performance of MIMO transmission schemes</li><li>Innovative and practical designs of robust space-time coding, precoding and antenna selection techniques for realistic propagation (including single-carrier and MIMO-OFDM transmissions)<br></li></ul>