Khaled Fazel & Stefan Kaiser 
Multi-Carrier and Spread Spectrum Systems [PDF ebook] 
From OFDM and MC-CDMA to LTE and WiMAX

Foreword.
Preface (Second Edition).
Preface (First Edition).
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1. Fundamentals.
1.1 Radio Channel Characteristics.
1.2 Multi-Carrier Transmission.
1.3 Spread Spectrum Techniques.
1.4 Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum.
1.5 References.
2. MC-CDMA and MC-DS-CDMA.
2.1 MC-CDMA.
2.2 MC-DS-CDMA.
2.3 References.
3. Hybrid Multiple Access Schemes.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Multi-Carrier FDMA.
3.3 Multi-Carrier TDMA .
3.4 Ultra Wide Band Systems.
3.5 Comparison of Hybrid Multiple Access Schemes.
3.6 References.
4. Implementation Issues.
4.1 Multi-Carrier Modulation and Demodulation.
4.2 Synchronization.
4.3 Channel Estimation.
4.4 Channel Coding and Decoding.
4.5 Signal Constellation, Mapping, De-Mapping, and
Equalization.
4.6 Adaptive Techniques in Multi-Carrier Transmission.
4.7 RF Issues.
4.8 References.
5. Applications.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE).
5.3 Wi MAX.
5.4 Future Mobile Communications Concepts and Field Trials.
5.5 Wireless Local Area Networks.
5.6 Interaction Channel for DVB-T: DVB-RCT.
6. Additional Techniques for Capacity and Flexibility
Enhancement.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 MIMO Overview.
6.3 Diversity Techniques for Multi-Carrier Transmission.
6.4 Spatial Pre-Coding for Multi-Carrier transmission.
6.5 Software-Defined Radio.
References.
Definitions, Abbreviations, and Symbols.
Definitions.
Abbreviations.
Symbols.
Index.

Dr Khaled Fazel is head of the Radio System Design Department, R&D at Ericsson Gmb H, Germany. He has over 20 years of experience in the field and is a regular contributor to journals and conferences. Along with Stefan Kaiser, he is the co-editor of Multi-Carrier Spread-Spectrum and was the guest co-editor of the special issue on Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum in the Wiley journal, European Transactions on Telecommunications (ETT).
Dr Stefan Kaiser is the head of the Wireless Solution Lab at Do Co Mo Communications Laboratories Europe Gmb H, Germany. He is a member of the editorial board of the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking and of the International Journal on Wireless & Optical Communications. He is also guest editor of several special issues on Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum of the European Transactions on Telecommunications (ETT) and on Reconfigurable Radio of the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking.