Quasi-orthogonal space-time block-coded OFDM wireless mobile communication systems using array-processing approach

............................................................................................iii TABLE OF CONTENTS...............................................................................v LIST OF ACRONYMS...............................................................................viii LIST OF FIGURES......................................................................................x LIST OF TABLES......................................................................................xi CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background.................................................................................................................1 1.2 Problems in wireless communication..........................................................................2 1.3 Motivation...................................................................................................................2 1.4 Technological review...........................................................................3 1.5 Problem formulation...........................................................................5 1.6 Organisation of thesis..........................................................................5 CHAPTER 2 : LITERATURE SURVEY.........................................................7 CHAPTER 3 : INTRODUCTION TO OFDM WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 3.1 Basics.........................................................................................................................15 3.2 Block diagram............................................................................................................16 3.3 Problems with OFDM system...................................................................................18 3.4 Symbol synchronization.......................................................................19 3.5 Carrier synchronization.........................................................................22 3.6 Sampling-frequency synchronization.......................................................23

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