EE6003 Multi-Antenna Digital Communications (Jul-Nov 2012)

Instructor

Srikrishna Bhashyam
Office: ESB 212D
Phone: 2257 4439

Class Timings

C Slot (Mon: 10-10.50 am, Tue: 9-9.50 am, Wed: 8-8.50 am, Fri: 12-12.50 pm)

Evaluation

Quiz I : 20% (Sep 5, 2012)
Project & Assignments : 40%
Final Exam : 40% (Nov 22, 2012)

Course content

Preliminaries: Review of Gaussian random variables and vectors, Complex Gaussian random vectors, Detection in Gaussian noise, Probability of error, union bound, some definitions and results from Information theory

Capacity of the vector Gaussian or MIMO channel, Ergodic Capacity of multi-antenna Gaussian channels with Rayleigh fading, Outage capacity of multi-antenna Gaussian channels with fading

Spatial multiplexing: V-BLAST

Space-time codes: Design criteria, Alamouti code, Orthogonal designs, Quasi-orthogonal space-time codes, Diversity-multiplexing gain trade-off

MIMO capacity with feedback: Long-term and short-term power constraints, delay-limited capacity

Multiuser MIMO capacity: Multiple access, broadcast

Papers for Projects

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Reference Papers

[1] Telatar, E. (1999) Capacity of multi-antenna Gaussian channels. European Transactions on Telecommunications, 10(6) pp. 585-596.
[2] G. J. Foschini, Layered space-time architecture for wireless communication in a fading environment when using multi-element antennas, Bell Labs Technical Journal, 1(2), 1996, 41-59.
[3] G. J. Foschini and M. J. Gans, On limits of wireless communication in a fading environment when using multiple antennas, Wireless Personal Communications, 6(3), 1998, 311-335.
[4] P. W. Wolniansky, G. J. Foschini, G. D. Golden and R. A. Valenzuela, V-BLAST: an architecture for realizing very high data rates over the rich-scattering wireless channel, Proceedings of the URSI International Symposium on Signals, Systems, and Electronics Conference, New York, 1998, pp. 295-300.
[5] Golden, G.D.; Foschini, C.J.; Valenzuela, R.A.; Wolniansky, P.W.; , "Detection algorithm and initial laboratory results using V-BLAST space-time communication architecture," Electronics Letters , vol.35, no.1, pp.14-16, 7 Jan 1999.
[6] Tarokh, V.; Seshadri, N.; Calderbank, A.R.; , "Space-time codes for high data rate wireless communication: performance criterion and code construction," Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on , vol.44, no.2, pp.744-765, Mar 1998
[7] Alamouti, S.M.; , "A simple transmit diversity technique for wireless communications ," Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on , vol.16, no.8, pp.1451-1458, Oct 1998.
[8] Tarokh, V.; Jafarkhani, H.; Calderbank, A.R.; , "Space-time block codes from orthogonal designs," Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on , vol.45, no.5, pp.1456-1467, Jul 1999.
[9] Jafarkhani, H.; , "A quasi-orthogonal space-time block code," Communications, IEEE Transactions on , vol.49, no.1, pp.1-4, Jan 2001.
[10] Lizhong Zheng; Tse, D.N.C.; , "Diversity and multiplexing: a fundamental tradeoff in multiple-antenna channels," Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on , vol.49, no.5, pp. 1073- 1096, May 2003.
[11] Giuseppe Caire, Petros Elia and K. Raj Kumar, "Space-Time Coding: an Overview," Invited paper to Journal of Communications Software and Systems, October 2006.
[12] Biglieri, E.; Caire, G.; Taricco, G.; , "Limiting performance of block-fading channels with multiple antennas," Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on , vol.47, no.4, pp.1273-1289, May 2001.
[13] Wei Yu; Wonjong Rhee; Boyd, S.; Cioffi, J.M.; , "Iterative water-filling for Gaussian vector multiple-access channels," Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on , vol.50, no.1, pp. 145- 152, Jan. 2004.
[14] Wonjong Rhee; Cioffi, J.M.; , "On the capacity of multiuser wireless channels with multiple antennas," Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on , vol.49, no.10, pp. 2580- 2595, Oct. 2003.