Coordinated Multiuser Communications

- Introduction. The Dawn of Digital Communications. Multiple Terminal Networks. Multiple-Access Channel. Degrees of Coordination. Network vs. Signal Processing Complexity. Future Directions

- Linear Multiple-Access. Continuous Time Model. Discrete Time Model. Matrix-Algebraic Representation. Symbol Synchronous Model. Principles of Detection. Access Strategies. Sequence Design

- Multiuser Information Theory. Introduction. The Multiple-Access Channel. Binary-Input Channels. Gaussian Multiple-Access Channels. Multiple-Access Codes. Superposition and Layering. Feedback. Asynchronous Channels

- Multiuser Detection. Introduction. Optimal Detection. Sub-Exponential Complexity Signature Sequences. Signal Layering. Different Received Power Levels

- Implementation of Multiuser Detectors. Iterative Filter Implementation. Approximate Maximum Likelihood. Approximate APP Computation. List Sphere Detector

- Joint Multiuser Decoding. Introduction. Single-User Decoding. Iterative Decoding. Filters in the Loop. Asymmetric Operating Conditions. Proof of Lemma

- Estimation and Detection. Bayesian Estimation and Detection. Sufficiency. Linear Cost. Quadratic Cost. Minimum Mean Squared Error. Cramér-Rao Inequality. Jointly Gaussian Model. Linear MMSE Estimation. Hamming Cost. Minimum probability of Error. Relation to the MMSE Estimator. Maximum Likelihood Estimation

- References

- Author Index

- Subject Index

Christian B. Schlegel, PhD, received the Dipl El Ing ETH degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, in 1984, and the MS and doctorate degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, in 1986 and 1989, respectively. Currently, he is iCORE Professor of Digital Communications at the University of Alberta, Canada.