Get a firm and thorough grasp on the cutting-edge suite of standards and technologies that is 4G. This forward-looking book explains how wired and wireless network technology, telecommunications and Web services, communications standards like IP, and consumer electronics are converging to create 4G. Personalization is one concept driving the market for 4G applications and services, and this book guides you through the user-centric scenarios creating these applications and services. You gain an in-depth understanding of a wide range of critical 4G topics, from adaptive and scalable air interfaces and multiple access techniques, to IP network issues and 4G terminals. The book covers key enabling technologies including MIMO, coding schemes, adaptive modulation, radio resource management, cross-layer optimization, software defined radio, and Mobile IP. This unique resource concludes with a survey of all major 4G research and development projects to give you clear insight into this next wave of communications.
Introduction - Visions. The Next Generation. What is 4G? Scientific Approach. Preview of the Book.; A User-Centric Appraoch to 4G: Visions and Foresights - Introduction and Motivation. User Needs and Trends. A User-Centric Approach to Developing Services. Scenarios. Services. Visions and Foresights. Spectrum Issues. ; Multiple Access Techniques -Introduction. Multiple Access Techniques. MC-CDMA System. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access. OFDM-CDMA-SFH (Hybrid). VSF-OFCDM. ; Key Technologies for 4G -Introduction. Multi-Antenna Technologies. Radio Resource Management. Software Radio Communication Systems. IP Network Issues. Relays for Next Generation 4G Systems. Other Enabling Technologies.; 4G Research Initiatives and Developments -Introduction. Major Research Initiatives Focusing on 4G. Paving the Way to 4G: Worldwide Development.; 4G Terminals -Introduction. Multimode (All-in-One) vs. Single Purpose Terminals. Future Terminals and Technology. Key Applications for Future Mobile Terminals. Challenges.; Towards a Unified Convergence on 4G - Short- and Long-Term Visions on 4G. The Challenges Ahead.;
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Young Kyun Kim
Young Kyun Kim is senior vice president, global and standards and research, telecommunications network business at Samsung Electronics. A chairman of the APT Wireless Forum (AWF) and vice-chairman - Asia-Pacific for the Wireless World Research Forum, he holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Rutgers University and Duke University, respectively.
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Ramjee Prasad
Ramjee Prasad is director of the Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTIF), Aalborg University. He is the author of OFDM for Wireless Communications Systems (Artech House, 2004), coauthor of Applied Satellite Navigation Using GPS, GALILEO, and Augmentation Systems, Multicarrier Techniques for 4G Mobile Communications, and WLANs and WPANs towards 4G Wireless, (Artech House, 2005, 2003, 2003), co-editor of Wireless IP and Building the Mobile Internet (Artech House, 2003), and is the author/coauthor of several other books published by Artech House.