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Combined Space-Time Diversity and Interference Cancellation for MIMO Wireless Systems

Abstract

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There is increasing interest in the exploitation of multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) channels to enhance the capacity of wireless systems. In this study, we develop and evaluate a channel model, evaluate the corresponding channel capacity, and design and analyze a simple orthogonal transmit waveform for MIMO channels in mobile radio environments. We also evaluate the system performance of various interference cancellation techniques when employing multiple-receive antenna in interference-limited systems. The first part of this dissertation presents two major contributions to MIMO systems. The analytical expression for space-time MIMO channel correlation is derived for a Rayleigh fading channel. The information-theoretic channel capacity based on this correlation is also evaluated for a wide variety of mobile radio channels. The second part of this dissertation presents two major contributions to the area of orthogonal waveform design. We analyze the bit-error-rate (BER) performance of a proposed space-time orthogonal waveform for MIMO mobile radio communications. The application of the proposed space-time orthogonal waveform to a conventional cellular system is also evaluated and briefly discussed. Finally, this dissertation investigates a number of interference cancellation techniques for multiple-receive antenna systems. Both adaptive beamforming and multiuser detection are evaluated for various signal waveforms over a variety of mobile radio channels.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph. D.
Level thesis:degree_level
doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department dc:contributor.department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2002

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Tsai, Jiann-An
Chairs dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Woerner, Brian D.
  • Buehrer, R. Michael
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Stutzman, Warren L.
  • Shaw, John Kenneth
  • Reed, Jeffrey H.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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etd-05032002-000335
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/27509

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citation

Tsai, Jiann-An. Combined Space-Time Diversity and Interference Cancellation for MIMO Wireless Systems. doctoral thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27509