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REPORT OF WORK DONE DURING 1ST SEMESTER

LITERATURE SURVEY
2.1. Books Referred
1. David Tse, University of California, Berkeley Pramod Viswanath, “Fundamental of
Wireless Communication”, published by Cambridge University Press, 2004.
2. Amitabh Kumar, “Mobile Broadcasting with WiMAX: Principles, Technology, and
Applications”, Focal Press Media Technology Professional Elsevier-2008
3. Theodore S. Rappaport, “Wireless Communication Principles and Practice”, Second
Edition, Printice Hall of India Private Limited, 2006
4. Hui Liu Guoqing Li “OFDM-Based Broadband Wireless Networks Design and
Optimization”, A John Wiley & Sons, Mc., Publication, 2005
5. H. Labiod, H. Afifi, C. De santis, “ Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Zigbee And Wimax” Published
by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
6. Jelena Mi¡si and Vojislav B. Misic, “Wireless Personal Area Networks Performance”,
Interconnections and Security with IEEE 802.15., John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

2.2 Useful Topics Studied From Books Referred

1. Fundamental aspects of wireless communication that make the problem
challenging and interesting.
i. Fading
ii. Interference between transmitter communication with a common
receiver
2. How to deal with fading and with interference in multi-path scenario.
3. Diversity techniques.
i. Time diversity
ii. Frequency diversity
iii. Antenna diversity

4. Antenna diversity techniques

i. Single Input Single Output (SISO)

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 ii. Single Input Multiple Output (SIMO)
iii. Multiple Input Single Output (MISO)
vi. Multiple Input Single Output (MIMO)
5. Introduction to WiMAX System
6.. WiMAX system standards.
7. WiMAX in India

2.3. Technical Articles/Papers Referred

1. Jan Mietzner, Robert Schober¤ Lutz Lampe, “Multiple-Antenna Techniques for
Wireless Communications –A Comprehensive Literature Survey” by Communication
Theory Group Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Engineering, the University of British Columbia
2. Onsy Abdel Alim, Nemat Elboghdadly, Mahmoud M. Ashour, Azza M. Elaskary,
“System-Level Model for OFDM WiMAX Transceiver in Radiation Environment”,
The Second All African IRPA Regional Radiation Protection Congress 22-26 April
2007 Ismailia Egypt.
3. H. Farhat, G. Grunfelder, A. Carcelen and G. El Zein, “ MIMO Channel Sounder at
3.5GHz Application to WiMAX System”,Journal Of Communications,Vol. 3, No. 5,
October 2008.
4. 802.16™, IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks, Part 16: Air
Interface for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems, IEEE Computer Society and
the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society.
5. Rick S. Blum, Jack H. Winters, and Nelson R. Sollenberger, On the Capacity of
Cellular Systems With MIMO, IEEE Communications Letters Vol. 6, No. 6, June
2002.
6. Mohab Shalash, Tallal El Shabrawy and Waleed Diab, WideBand Channel
Characterization for 3G/4G Systems, IEEE CCC Code: 1-4244-1430-X/07/$25.00
©2007 IEEE.
7. Rohde & Schwarz,” Article on Introduction to MIMO Systems, Application note
1MA102” by GmbH & Co.

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8. Vahid Tarokh, Nambi Seshadri, Senior Member, and A. R. Calderbank, Space–Time
Codes for High Data Rate Wireless Communication: Performance Criterion and Code
Construction, IEEE Transactions On Information Theory, Vol. 44, No. 2, March 1998

2.4 Useful Topics Studied From Technical Articles/Papers Referred

1.Drawbacks of multiple antenna systems.
2. Smart antenna and beam forming techniques.
3. The OFDM system model.
4, WiMAX transceiver model.
5. Space Time Coding.
i. The Alamouti concept
ii. Alamouti scheme with arbitrary number of receive antennas
6. Wideband wireless communication channels.
7. Space time codes for high data rate wireless communication.
8. MIMO Matrix-A and MIMO Matrix-B
9. MIMO standards and MIMO-OFDM
10. WiMAX IEEE 802.16-2004.

Note: The Detail explanation of useful topics are given in annexure-1