Multi-Carrier and Spread Spectrum Systems is one of the first books to describe and analyze the basic concepts of multi-carrier OFDM transmission and its combination with spread spectrum (MC-CDMA). The different architectures and detection strategies as well as baseband-related transceiver components are explained. This includes topics like FEC channel coding and decoding, modulation and demodulation (IFFT/FFT), digital I/Q-generation, time and frequency synchronisation, channel estimation, frequency domain equalization and RF aspects such as phase noise and non-linearity issues. Concrete examples of its applications for cellular mobile communication systems (B3G/4G) are given. Further derivatives of MC-SS (such as OFDMA, SS-MC-MA and DFT-spread OFDM) and their corresponding applications in the LTE, WiMAX, WLAN and DVB-RCT standards are detailed. Capacity and flexibility enhancements of multi-carrier OFDM systems by different MIMO diversity techniques such as space time/frequency coding (STC, SFC) and software defined radio concepts are also described.

Written in a highly accessible manner this book provides a unique reference on the topics of multi-carrier and spread spectrum communications, assisting 4G engineers with their implementation.

Dr Khaled Fazel is head of the Radio System Design Department, R&D at Ericsson GmbH, Germany. He has over 20 years of experience in the field and is a regular contributor to journals and conferences. Along with Stefan Kaiser, he is the co-editor ofMulti-Carrier Spread-Spectrum and was the guest co-editor of the special issue on Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum in the Wiley journal,European Transactions on Telecommunications (ETT).

Dr Stefan Kaiser is the head of the Wireless Solution Lab at DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH, Germany. He is a member of the editorial board of the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking and of the International Journal on Wireless& Optical Communications. He is also guest editor of several special issues on Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum of theEuropean Transactions on Telecommunications (ETT) and on Reconfigurable Radio of the EURASIPJournal on Wireless Communications and Networking.

Preface (Second Edition).

Preface (First Edition).

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

1.Fundamentals.

1.1 Radio Channel Characteristics.

1.2 Multi-Carrier Transmission.

1.3 Spread Spectrum Techniques.

1.4 Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum.

1.5 References.

2.MC-CDMA and MC-DS-CDMA.

2.1 MC-CDMA.

2.2 MC-DS-CDMA.

2.3 References.

3.Hybrid Multiple Access Schemes.

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Multi-Carrier FDMA.

3.3 Multi-Carrier TDMA .

3.4 Ultra Wide Band Systems.

3.5 Comparison of Hybrid Multiple Access Schemes.

3.6 References.

4.Implementation Issues.

4.1 Multi-Carrier Modulation and Demodulation.

4.2 Synchronization.

4.3 Channel Estimation.

4.4 Channel Coding and Decoding.

4.5 Signal Constellation, Mapping, De-Mapping, and Equalization.

4.6 Adaptive Techniques in Multi-Carrier Transmission.

4.7 RF Issues.

4.8 References.

5.Applications.

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE).

5.3 WiMAX.

5.4 Future Mobile Communications Concepts and Field Trials.

5.5 Wireless Local Area Networks.

5.6 Interaction Channel for DVB-T: DVB-RCT.

6.Additional Techniques for Capacity and Flexibility Enhancement.

6.1 Introduction.

6.2 MIMO Overview.

6.3 Diversity Techniques for Multi-Carrier Transmission.

6.4 Spatial Pre-Coding for Multi-Carrier transmission.

6.5 Software-Defined Radio.

References.

Definitions, Abbreviations, and Symbols.

Definitions.

Abbreviations.

Symbols.

Index.