THEORY AND APPLICATIONS OF OFDM AND CDMA: WIDEBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

Theory and Applications of OFDM and CDMA is an ideal foundation textbook for those seeking a sound knowledge of this fast-developing field of wideband communications. The advanced transmission techniques of OFDM, applied in wireless LANs and in digital and video broadcasting, and CDMA, the foundation of 3G mobile communications, have been part of almost every communication system that has been designed in recent years, with both offering a high degree of flexibility in adjusting the system to the requirements of the application and to the impairments caused by the transmission channel.
Starting from the basics of digital transmission theory, the reader gains a comprehensive overview of the underlying ideas of these techniques and their strengths and weaknesses under various conditions. In this context, the specific requirements of the mobile radio channel and their relevance for the design of digital transmission systems are discussed and related to the items of channel coding and modulation.
Clear explanation of the basics of digital communications, mobile radio channels, coding and modulation, OFDM as a multicarrier system and CDMA as an application of spread spectrum techniques
Discusses the most important mobile radio and digital broadcasting systems that use OFDM and CDMA, and explains in detail the underlying ideas for the choice of system parameters
Progresses from the fundamentals of wideband communication through to modern applications
Includes a Companion Website featuring a solutions manual, electronic versions of the figures and other useful resources
This volume will be an invaluable resource to advanced undergraduate students and first/second year postgraduates of electrical and engineering and telecommunications. It will also appeal to practising engineers, researchers and those in academia who wish to expand their knowledge on modern aspects of digital communications and systems in a mobile radio environment.

Preface.
1 Basics of Digital Communications.
1.1 Orthogonal Signals and Vectors.
1.2 Baseband and Passband Transmission.
1.3 The AWGN Channel.
1.4 Detection of Signals in Noise.
1.5 Linear Modulation Schemes.
1.6 Bibliographical Notes.
1.7 Problems.
2 Mobile Radio Channels.
2.1 Multipath Propagation.
2.2 Characterization of Fading Channels.
2.3 Channel Simulation.
2.4 Digital Transmission over Fading Channels.
2.5 Bibliographical Notes.
2.6 Problems.
3 Channel Coding.
3.1 General Principles.
3.2 Convolutional Codes.
3.3 Reed–Solomon Codes.
3.4 Bibliographical Notes.
3.5 Problems.
4 OFDM.
4.1 General Principles.
4.2 Implementation and Signal Processing Aspects for OFDM.
4.3 Synchronization and Channel Estimation Aspects for OFDM Systems.
4.4 Interleaving and Channel Diversity for OFDM Systems.
4.5 Modulation and Channel Coding for OFDM Systems.
4.6 OFDM System Examples.
4.7 Bibliographical Notes.
4.8 Problems.
5 CDMA.
5.1 General Principles of CDMA.
5.2 CDMA Transmission Channel Models.
5.3 Receiver Structures for Synchronous Transmission.
5.4 Receiver Structures for MC-CDMA and Asynchronous Wideband CDMA Transmission.
5.5 Examples for CDMA Systems.
5.6 Bibliographical Notes.
5.7 Problems.
Bibliography.
Index.