OFDM and MC-CDMA

Wireless communications has witnessed a tremendous growth duringthe past decade and further spectacular enabling technologyadvances are expected in an effort to render ubiquitous wirelessconnectivity a reality. Currently, a technical in-depth book on this subject isunavailable, which has a similar detailed exposure of OFDM,MIMO-OFDM and MC-CDMA. A further attraction of the joint treatmentof these topics is that it allows the reader to view their designtrade-offs in a comparative context. Divided into three main parts: Part I provides a detailed exposure of OFDM designed foremployment in various applications Part II is another design alternative applicable in thecontext of OFDM systems where the channel quality fluctuationsobserved are averaged out with the aid of frequency-domainspreading codes, which leads to the concept of MC-CDMA Part III discusses how to employ multiple antennas at thebase station for the sake of supporting multiple users in theuplink By providing an all-encompassing self-contained treatment thisvolume will appeal to a wide readership, as it is both aneasy-reading textbook and a high-level research monograph.