Advances in Mobile and Wireless Communications (eBook)

Contents 7
Contributors 17
Preface 23
Introduction 25
Part I Physical 29
1 Interleaving Strategies for Multidimensional Concatenated Zigzag Codes 30
2 Simplified Channel-Aware Greedy Scheduling and Antenna Selection Algorithms for Multiuser MIMO Systems Employing Orthogonal Space Division Multiplexing 50
3 On the Impact of Channel Estimation and Quantization Errors for Various Spatio-Temporal Transmission Schemes 80
4 On Multi-Cell Cooperative Signal Processing in Backhaul-Constrained Cellular Systems 98
Part II Access 124
5 One-Shot Multi-Bid Auction and Pricing in Dynamic Spectrum Allocation Networks 126
6 Resource Allocation Strategies for SDMA/OFDMA Systems 142
Part III Techniques and Technologies 162
7 Moment-Based Estimation of the Signal-to-Noise Ratio for Oversampled Narrowband Signals 164
8 Estimation of Rain Attenuation Distribution on Terrestrial Microwave Links with General N-State Markov Model 176
9 An Investigation of the Applicability of Fade Duration Markov Model in Attenuation Time Series Synthesis for Multipath Fading Channel 190
10 Cost-Optimised Active Receive Array Antenna for Mobile Satellite Terminals 208
11 Scheduling Techniques for Mobile Broadcast and Multicast Services 228
Part IV Networks 248
12 Body Area Network and Its Standardization at IEEE 802.15.BAN 250
13 Generic Abstraction of Access Performance and Resources for Multi-Radio Access Management 266
14 A Decentralized RAT Selection Algorithm Enabled by IEEE P1900.4 288
Part V Applications 306
15 Business Models for Local Mobile Services Enabled by Convergent Online Charging 308
16 Rights Management for User Content 324
17 Distributed Cross-Layer Approaches for VoIP Rate Control over DVB-S2/RCS 342
18 Optical Satellite Downlinks to Optical Ground Stations and High-Altitude Platforms 358
19 Wireless Applications in Healthcare and Welfare 378
20 Analytical Analysis of the Performance Overheads of IPsec in MIPv6 Scenarios 392
Index 414