Introduction to space-time coding

This chapter concludes that smart antenna wireless communication systems provide significant gains in terms of spectral efficiency and link reliability. These benefits translate to wireless networks in the form of improved coverage and capacity. MIMO communication theory is an emerging area and full of challenging problems. Some promising research areas in the field of MIMO technology include channel estimation, new coding and modulation schemes, low complexity receivers, MIMO channel modelling and multiuser SDMA network design.