As the theoretical foundations of multiple-antenna techniques evolve and as these multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) techniques become essential for providing high data rates in wireless systems, there is a growing need to understand the performance limits of MIMO in practical networks. To address this need, "MIMO Communication for Cellular Networks "presents a systematic description of MIMO technology classes and a framework for MIMO system design that takes into account the essential physical-layer features of practical cellular networks.

In contrast to works that focus on the theoretical performance of abstract MIMO channels, "MIMO Communication for Cellular Networks "emphasizes the practical performance of realistic MIMO systems. A unified set of system simulation results highlights relative performance gains of different MIMO techniques and provides insights into how best to use multiple antennas in cellular networks under various conditions.

"MIMO Communication for Cellular Networks" describes single-user, multiuser, network MIMO technologies and system-level aspects of cellular networks, including channel modeling, resource scheduling, interference mitigation, and simulation methodologies. The key concepts are presented with sufficient generality to be applied to a wide range of wireless systems, including those based on cellular standards such as LTE, LTE-Advanced, WiMAX, and WiMAX2. The book is intended for use by graduate students, researchers, and practicing engineers interested in the physical-layer design of state-of-the-art wireless systems.

This book unites two different technologies: parasitic antenna arrays driven via analogue circuits that control the electromagnetic waves generated by the antenna array; and MIMO technology for multi-antenna arrays, typically driven by digital techniques in the baseband domain. The combination of these two technologies has revealed a novel functionality that breaks through the conventional MIMO paradigm, allowing MIMO transmission over the air with the use of antenna arrays that may consist of only a single active element, that is surrounded by a number of passive neighboring antennas. The contributions in the book show the capability of such systems to also perform MIMO transmission. This fact holds the potential of revolutionizing the way small-form wireless terminals operate and seems to set the scene for a win-win situation, achieving MIMO transmission with very small and cheap antenna arrays. The book is structured to provide a well-rounded treatment of the various facets of this newly discovered wireless communication capability. All relevant technical angles, ranging from information theoretic to electromagnetic considerations; from analogue circuit to digital baseband control for signal generation; and from channel modeling to communication theoretic aspects are taken into account. A good balance between theory, practical considerations and over-the-air experimentation is proposed and reflected in the chapter outline. Finally, a discussion and early evidence related to potential applications as well as the relevance to current and upcoming wireless standards is provided.

Multiple antenna (MIMO) techniques are an essential component of any contemporary wireless communication system because they can significantly improve the performance over conventional single-antenna links. While MIMO techniques are relatively well understood at the link level, the interaction of multiple MIMO links and their impact on performance at the system level necessitate fundamentally new investigations. We propose a book that investigates the theoretical foundations of MIMO networks consisting of multiple simultaneous MIMO links and applies these principles in the design of next-generation wireless networks.

About ten years ago, the information theoretic foundations of MIMO techniques were developed and showed the promise of using multiple antennas at both the transmitter and receiver of a wireless link. An enormous amount of research ensued to develop practical techniques for achieving these promised gains. Within the last few years, the information theory community has again made significant breakthroughs, this time in the understanding of multiuser MIMO systems. Currently in industry, new wideband wireless standards, including EV-DO Rev C, UMTS LTE, and WiMax, are under development to meet the insatiable demands for high-rate, ubiquitous wireless services. For the first time, and for all of these standards, MIMO technology will play an integral role in meeting the aggressive performance requirements for increased data rates, decreased latency, and improved coverage.

Motivated by the confluence of these two eventsa "the emergence of multiuser MIMO theory and the development of commercial MIMO-based systemsa "we propose to connect the two worlds with a bookthat combines theory and practice. This book would provide a systematic survey of MIMO systems, starting with a review of MIMO link-level techniques and conventional single-antenna system-level techniques, summarizing the latest results in multiuser MIMO systems and developments in cross-layer techniques, and applying these techniques to the analysis and design of both current and future packet-based wireless networks. In addition to providing theoretical results, the book would serve as a reference for practicing communication engineers by providing useful descriptions of spatial channel models and system simulation methodologies for MIMO networks