Chapter 1 Introduction to Mobile Communication Systems 1.1 Historical introduction 1.2 Cellular concepts 1.2.1 Cellular structure and frequency reuse 1.2.2 Interference and channel assignment strategies 1.2.3 Multiple access techniques 1.2.4 Cellular system capacity 1.2.5 Roaming and handoff 1.3 Trends in mobile wireless communications Problems Chapter 2 Wireless Channels in Wideband Transmission 2.1 Reflection, diffraction and scattering 2.2 Ideal free space propagation 2.3 Empirical path-loss models 2.3.1 Hata model 2.3.2 COST 231 model 2.3.3 UMTS30.03 path-loss models 2.4 Path-loss Models based on ray tracing 2.5 Shadow fading 2.6 Multi-path fading 2.7 Channel models of wideband wireless systems 2.7.1 Doppler spectrum 2.7.2 Jakes Model for generating Rayleigh fading coefficients 2.7.3 Unit impulse responses of wireless channels 2.7.4 Channel modeling 2.8 Space-time channel models of wideband wireless systems 2.8.1 Basic MIMO models in frequency selective fading channels 2.8.2 Models based on antenna correlation matrices 2.8.3 Models based on geographical scatter-cluster assumption Problems Chapter 3 Digital Modulation Techniques 3.1 Representation of modulated signals 3.2 Signal space analysis 3.3 Modulation waveform design 3.4 Typical linear modulation techniques 3.4.1 BPSK 3.4.2 QPSK 3.4.3 MPSK 3.4.4 16QAM and MQAM 3.5 Demodulation and ML decision 3.6 BER performance in AWGN 3.6.1 Error probability and the union bound 3.6.2 Performance in AWGN 3.7 Log-Likelihood Ratio(LLR)and soft bit demodulation 3.8 Performance in flat Rayleigh fading channel 3.8.1 BER of BPSK in fiat Rayleigh fading channel 3.8.2 SER of MQAM in flat Rayleigh fading channel 3.9 Spectrum efficiency versus energy efficiency Problems Chapter 4 Spread Spectrum Modulation and OFDM Modulation 4.1 DSSS modulation 4.2 Spreading codes 4.2.1 PN sequences 4.2.2 Orthogonal codes 4.2.3 CDMA ~ 4.3 OFDM modulation 4.3.1 Principles of OFDM 4.3.2 Advantages of OFDM modulation 4.3.3 Guard interval and cyclic prefix 4.3.4 Signal detection in OFDM systems 4.3.5 Disadvantages of OFDM 4.4 OFDMA and SC-FDMA Problems Chapter 5 Channel Coding 5.1 On Shannon coding theorem 5.2 Interleaving 5.3 Linear block codes 5.3.1 Generic linear block codes 5.3.2 Cyclic codes 5.4 Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) codes 5.4.1 Regular and irregular LDPC codes 5.4.2 Constructions of LDPC codes 5.4.3 Encoding of LDPC codes 5.4.4 Decoding of LDPC codes 5.4.5 Elimination of short circles 5.5 Convolutional codes 5.6 Turbo codes 5.6.1 Encoding principles of Turbo codes 5.6.2 Decoding of Turbo codes 5.6.3 Max-Log-MAP and Log-MAP Problems Chapter 6 Equalization and Diversity 6.1 Principles of equalization 6.2 Linear equalizers 6.3 Block-based linear equalization algorithms 6.3.1 Zero-Forcing equalizers 6.3.2 MMSE equalizers 6.4 Decision feedback equalizers 6.5 Diversity 6.5.1 Diversity forms 6.5.2 Combining techniques 6.5.3 Diversity order 6.6 RAKE receiver Problems Chapter 7 MIMO Systems and Space-Time Codes 7.1 Smart antenna array techniques 7.1.1 Principles of the SAA 7.1.2 Multi-user SAA techniques in mobile systems 7.2 MIMO systems 7.2.1 Signal models of MIMO systems 7.2.2 Capacity of MIMO systems 7.2.3 Spatial diversity 7.2.4 Spatial multiplexing 7.3 Space-time codes 7.3.1 Space-time code design criteria 7.3.2 Linear space-time block codes 7.3.3 Space-time trellis codes 7.4 MIMO-OFDM systems 7.4.1 MIMO-OFDM systems with spatial diversity 7.4.2 MIMO-OFDM systems with spatial multiplexing 7.5 Multi-user MIMO systems 7.5.1 Multi-user MIMO-CDMA systems 7.5.2 Multi-user MIMO-OFDM systems 7.6 Multi-user detection and MU-MIMO 7.6.1 Multi-user detection 7.6.2 Single-user detection model 7.6.3 SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO Problems Chapter 8 Adaptive Modulation and Coding 8.1 Principles of AMC 8.2 Parameters related to AMC 8.2.1 SNR, error rates and throughput 8.2.2 Reexamination of spectrum efficiency of MQPSK and MQAM 8.3 Threshold determination 8.3.1 Threshold determination based on BER or BLER 8.3.2 Throughput-based threshold determination 8.4 AMC techniques for OFDM systems and MIMO-OFDM systems 8.4.1 Individual MCS scheduling for OFDM systems 8.4.2 Subband-based AMC for OFDM systems 8.4.3 AMC for MIMO-OFDM systems 8.5 Combining AMC with HARQ 8.5.1 Retransmission types in HARQ 8.5.2 AMC in HARQ retransmissions Problems Chapter 9 LTE and LTE-Advaneed 9.1 System architecture evolution 9.1.1 Evolved packet core 9.1.2 Evolved UMTS terrestrial radio access networks 9.2 Physical layer descriptions 9.2.1 Frame structure 9.2.2 Resource block structure 9.3 Logical channels, transport channels, and physical channels 9.3.1 Logical channels 9.3.2 Transport channels 9.3.3 Physical channels 9.3.4 Reference signals in the physical layer 9.4 LTE transmitting schemes in the baseband 9.4.1 Uplink transmitting schemes 9.4.2 Downlink transmitting schemes 9.5 Detection schemes 9.5.1 Uplink detection 9.5.2 Downlink detection 9.5.3 Timing offset estimation based on DMRS 9.5.4 Fractional frequency offset estimation based on DMRS 9.6 LTE-Advanced 9.6.1 Carrier aggregation 9.6.2 Enhanced MIMO techniques 9.6.3 Wireless relays 9.6.4 CoMP techniques 9.6.5 The eICIC-HN techniques References