Digital Beamforming in Wireless Communications

Dr. John Litva is director of the Communications Research Laboratory and professor of electrical and computer engineering at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. A principal investigator and thrust leader with the Telecommunications Research Institute of Ontario (TRIO), he also serves as a consultant to both government and industry. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from University of Western Ontario. Dr. Titus Lo holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from McMaster University, where he is a senior research engineer for the Communications Research Laboratory. Currently he is researching the design, development, and application of intelligent antennas in wireless communications.

• Introduction: Historical Perspective. Elements of Digital Beamforming. Applications of Digital Beamforming. Fundamentals of Digital Beamforming: Introduction to Antenna Array. Analogue Beamforming. Digital Phased Array. Digital Beamforming. Adaptive Beamforming: Basic Concepts of Adaptive Beamforming. Fully Adaptive Beamforming. Partially Adaptive Beamforming. Adaptive Algorithms. Digital Beamforming in Communications: Wireless Communications Environments. Antenna Diversity and Optimal Combining. Interference Suppression. Blind Beamforming. Space Division Multiple Access. Intelligent Antennas. Antenna Elements and Arrays: Horn Antenna Elements. Printed Antenna Elements. Types of Antenna Arrays. MMIC Technology: Hybrid Monolithic Integrated Circuits. Fully Monolithic Integrated Circuits. Monolithic Microwave-Photonic Integrated Circuits. DBF Antenna Technology: Elemental Receiver Structure. Integrated DBF Antennas. System Nonlinearities and Their Effects. Examples of DBF Arrays. Digital Signal Processing Technology: Advances in Digital Signal Processing Technology. Application-Specific Integrated Circuits. Development of Cost-Effective DBF Systems: Low-Cost Components. System Integration. Hybrid Systems. Digital Beamformer Design: FFT Beamformers. DFT Beamformers. DBF with Frequency Division Multiplex/Multiple Access. DBF with Time Division Multiplex/Multiple Access. DBF with Code Division Multiplex/Multiple Access. Digital Beamforming for Mobile Satellite Communications: Mobile Satellite Communications Environment. DBF for Mobile Satellite Communications. Case Study. Digital Beamforming for Land Mobile Communications: Land Mobile Communications Environment. DBF for Land Mobile Communications. Case Study. Digital Beamforming for In-Building Communications: In-Building Communications Environment. DBF for In-Building Communications. Case Study.