Cooperative Communications: Hardware, Channel and PHY

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1 Introduction.

1.1 Book Structure.

1.2 Quick Introduction.

1.3 Application Scenarios.

1.4 Pros and Cons of Cooperation.

1.5 Cooperative Performance Bounds.

1.6 Definitions and Terminology.

1.7 Background and Milestones.

1.8 Concluding Remarks.

2 Wireless Relay Channel.

2.1 Introductory Note.

2.2 General Characteristics and Trends.

2.3 Regenerative Relaying Channel.

2.4 Transparent Relaying Channel.

2.5 Distributed MIMO Channel.

2.6 Concluding Remarks.

3 Transparent Relaying Techniques.

3.1 Introductory Note.

3.2 Transparent Relaying Protocols.

3.3 Transparent Space–Time Processing.

3.4 Distributed System Optimization.

3.5 Concluding Remarks.

4 Regenerative Relaying Techniques.

4.1 Introductory Note.

4.2 Regenerative Relay Protocols.

4.3 Distributed Space–Time Coding.

4.4 Distributed Network Coding.

4.5 Concluding Remarks.

5 Hardware Issues.

5.1 Introductory Note.

5.2 Analog Hardware Transceivers.

5.3 Digital Hardware Transceivers.

5.4 Architectural Comparisons.

5.5 Complexity of 3G UMTS Voice/HSDPA Relay.

5.6 Complexity of LTE/WiMAX Relay.

5.7 Hardware Demonstrators.

5.8 Concluding Remarks.

6 Conclusions and Outlook.

6.1 Contributions.

6.2 Real-World Impairments.

6.3 Open Research Problems.

6.4 Business Challenges.

References.

Index.