Single- And Multi-Carrier Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Principles and Applications for Personal Communications, Wlans and Broadcasting

Motivated by the rapid evolution of wireless communication systems, this expanded second edition provides an overview of most major single- and multi-carrier Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) techniques commencing with simple QAM schemes for the uninitiated through to complex, rapidly-evolving areas, such as arrangements for wide-band mobile channels. Targeted at the more advanced reader, the multi-carrier modulation based second half of the book presents a research-orientated outlook using a variety of novel QAM-based arrangements.Features six new chapters dealing with the complexities of multi-carrier modulation which has found applications ranging from Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) to Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)Provides a rudimentary introduction for readers requiring a background in the field of modulation and radio wave propagationDiscusses classic QAM transmission issues relevant to Gaussian channelsExamines QAM-based transmissions over mobile radio channelsIncorporates QAM-related orthogonal techniques, considers the spectral efficiency of QAM in cellular frequency re-use structures and presents a QAM-based speech communications system design studyIntroduces Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) over both Gaussian and wideband fading channelsBy providing an all-encompassing self-contained treatment of single- and multi- carrier QAM based communications, a wide range of readers including senior undergraduate and postgraduate students, practising engineers and researchers alike will all find the coverage of this book attractive.Hanzo, Lajos is the author of 'Single- And Multi-Carrier Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Principles and Applications for Personal Communications, Wlans and Broadcasting' with ISBN 9780471492399 and ISBN 0471492396.