OFDM and MC–CDMA: A Primer

This concise volume provides a widely accessible introduction to OFDM and MC–CDMA. Based on the authors’ experience in researching OFDM in the context of various applications, it systematically converts the lessons of Shannon’s information theory into practical wireless system design examples. Comprehensive coverage of OFDM, MIMO–OFDM and MC–CDMA is presented, incorporating radically new research–oriented principles. A further strength of this primer is that it considers the ambitious aim of achieving near–maximum–likelihood multi–user MIMO–OFDM performance at a modest complexity, proposing an advanced extension of the Complex Sphere Detector (CSD). This technique allows the system to support a higher number of OFDM/MC–CDMA users than the number of antennas even in the case of high–throughput QAM schemes.  The design and performance of OFDM modems are highlighted, covering both Gaussian and wideband fading channels, frequency domain synchronization as well as adaptive single– and multi–user OFDMOffers a comparative study of OFDM and MC–CDMA, discussing spreading sequences, adaptive modulation and the attainable performance in synchronous environmentsContains an advanced section on genetic algorithm aided joint multi–user channel estimation techniques for multi–user SDMA–OFDMIntroduces an avant–garde design principle, which aims for directly minimizing the bit error ratio (BER) at the output of the multi–user OFDM system
As an introductory treatment of the complex subject of OFDM, this primer text will be attractive to a wide readership, including postgraduate students, systems and development engineers, as well as communications managers and practitioner.

Spis treści:
About the Authors.
Other Wiley and IEEE Press Books on Related Topics.
Acknowledgements.
1. Introduction.
2. Introd uction to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing.
3. OFDM Transmission over Gaussian Channels
4. OFDM Transmission over Wideband Channels.
5. OFDM Time and Frequency Domain Synchronisation.
6. Adaptive Single– and Multi–user OFDM Techniques.
II. OFDM versus MC–CDMA Systems.
7. OFDM versus MC–CDMA.
8. Basic Spreading Sequences.
9. MC–CDMA Performance in Synchronous Environments.
III. Advanced Topics: Multi–User OFDM Systems.
10 Maximum–Likelihood Enhanced Sphere Decoding of MIMO–OFDM.
11. Genetic Algorithm Aided Joint Channel Estimation and MUD for SDMA OFDM.
12. Multi–User OFDM Employing Genetic Algorithm Aided Minimum Bit Error RateMulti–User Detection.
13. Conclusion and Further Research Problems.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Subject Index.
Author Index.

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This concise volume provides a widely accessible introduction to OFDM and MC–CDMA. Based on the authors’ experience in researching OFDM in the context of various applications, it systematically converts the lessons of Shannon’s information theory into practical wireless system design examples. Comprehensive coverage of OFDM, MIMO–OFDM and MC–CDMA is presented, incorporating radically new research–oriented principles. A further strength of this primer is that it considers the ambitious aim of achieving near–maximum–likelihood multi–user MIMO–OFDM performance at a modest complexity, proposing an advanced extension of the Complex Sphere Detector (CSD). This technique allows the system to support a higher number of OFDM/MC–CDMA users than the number of antennas even in the case of high–throughput QAM schemes.  The design and performance of OFDM modems are highlighted, covering both Gaussian and wideband fading channels, frequency domain synchronization as well as adaptive single– and multi–user OFDMOffers a comparative study of OFDM and MC–CDMA, discussing spreading sequences, adaptive modulation and the attainable performance in synchronous environmentsContains an advanced section on genetic algorithm aided joint multi–user channel estimation techniques for multi–user SDMA–OFDMIntroduces an avant–garde design principle, which aims for directly minimizing the bit error ratio (BER) at the output of the multi–user OFDM system
As an introductory treatment of the complex subject of OFDM, this primer text will be attractive to a wide readership, including postgraduate students, systems and development engineers, as well as communications managers and practitioner.