Cooperative and relay communications have recently become the most
widely explored topics in communications, whereby users cooperate in
transmitting their messages to the destination, instead of conventional
networks which operate independently and compete among each other for
channel resources. As the field has progressed, cooperative
communications have become a design concept rather than a specific
transmission technology. This concept has revolutionized the design of
wireless networks, allowing increased coverage, throughput, and
transmission reliability even as conventional transmission techniques
gradually reach their limits. Cooperative and relay technologies have
also made their way toward next generation wireless standards, such as
IEEE802.16 (WiMAX) or LTE, and have been incorporated into many modern
wireless applications, such as cognitive radio and secret
communications.
Cooperative Communications and Networking: Technologies and System
Design provides a systematic introduction to the fundamental concepts of
cooperative communications and relays technology to enable engineers,
researchers or graduate students to conduct advanced research and
development in this area.
The contents of the book can be summarized as follows:
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Introduces the reader to various cooperation and relay techniques along
with a survey of its role in next generation wireless standards.
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Reviews basic wireless communication and MIMO techniques for readers new
to this field.
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Presents fundamental cooperative communication and relay techniques for
a basic cooperative entity that consists of only two users and a common
destination.
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Fundamental limits of cooperative and relay channels are described from
the information-theoretic standpoint.
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Describes how cooperative and relay technology can be integrated with
other advanced wireless technology, such as OFDM and MIMO.
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Introduces several cross-layer and networking issues that may arise in
cooperative networks, including routing, QoS, and security
considerations.
Cooperative Communications and Networking: Technologies and System
Design provides researchers, graduate students, and practical engineers
with sufficient knowledge of both the background of cooperative
communications and networking, and potential research directions.
