This textbook by Arogyaswami Paulraj, professor at Stanford University, covers the theory of space-time wireless communications. It is intended for graduate students and professionals in the wireless industry who want to gain practical and theoretical knowledge of this technology. The text is compact and accessible, with emphasis on relevant applications within mobile standards such as UMTS and CDMA2000.
Contents
The book covers the fundamental principles of space-time wireless communication, including space-time propagation, channel capacity, spatial diversity, and space-time coding. In addition, advanced topics are covered such as space-time OFDM, co-channel interference cancellation, and multiuser MIMO. The authors explain the key design trade-offs for practical systems. This makes the book suitable as a course textbook and as a reference work for professionals.
Product specifications
- Author: Arogyaswami Paulraj (Stanford University, California)
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Binding: Trade paperback (US)
- Publication date: 2008-06-19
- Number of pages: 308
- ISBN: 9780521065931
- Subject: WAP (wireless) technology
- BISAC: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mobile & Wireless Communications
About the author
Arogyaswami Paulraj is Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University and the author of more than 250 publications and eight patents. He has held multiple industry positions, including CTO of Iospan Wireless Inc. Paulraj is a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. In addition, he received the prestigious Marconi Prize in 2014. Co-authors Rohit Nabar and Dhananjay Gore are research assistants in the Smart Antennas Research Group at Stanford University.