Multicarrier techniques for 4G mobile communications Annotation As research for future fourth generation (4G) mobile communication systems is underway worldwide in major companies and academic institutions forward thinking professionals are striving to gain a thorough understanding of the cutting edge technologies and design techniques that will make these systems work. This book helps readers do just that by: providing a comprehensive introduction to multicarrier techniques for 4G mobile communications with a special focus on the analytical aspects; explaining radio channel characteristics and phenomena and discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the OFDM scheme; featuring new multicarrier related techniques MC CDMA research on several 4G systems and a look at several problems to be overcome with these systems; examining the concept and detail of the ODFM scheme and how to carry out theoretical analysis on the performance of transmission systems in radio channels; showing how ODFM has been successfully adopted as a modulation scheme in communications systems and broadcasting systems such as ADSL wireless LANs and DVB T. BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America Inc. All Rights Reserved