Since 2002, Professor Alex Gershman has worked in the Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering at McMaster University in Canada but is currently on research leave as a Guest Professor and Head of the Smart Antenna Research team (SmART) at the Dept of Communication Systems, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.  With 20 years experience in the field gained in Russia, Switzerland, Germany and Canada, Professor Gershman has participated in numerous technical committees and has been an invited speaker at more than 20 events.  He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and since 1999 has been the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. Professor Nikos Sidiropoulos currently works in both the Telecommunications Division, Dept of Electronic & Computer Engineering, University of Crete, Greece and as an Adjunct Professor at the Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering & Digital Technology Center, University of Minnesota, USA.  After completing his Diploma in Electrical Engineering in Greece he obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, USA.  With 15 years experience in the area he has industry experience from G-Systems Ltd, Athens and as a consultant for Globespan Inc. USA.

• List of Contributors xiPreface xiiiAcknowledgements xvii1 MIMO Wireless Channel Modeling and Experimental Characterization 1Michael A. Jensen and Jon W. Wallace1.1 Introduction 11.2 MIMO Channel Measurement 51.3 MIMO Channel Models 131.4 The Impact of Antennas on MIMO Performance 242 Multidimensional Harmonic Retrieval with Applications in MIMO Wireless Channel Sounding 41Xiangqian Liu, Nikos D. Sidiropoulos, and Tao Jiang2.1 Introduction 412.2 Harmonic Retrieval Data Model 432.3 Identifiability of Multidimensional Harmonic Retrieval 462.4 Multidimensional Harmonic Retrieval Algorithms 532.5 Numerical Examples 592.6 Multidimensional Harmonic Retrieval for MIMO Channel Estimation 612.7 Concluding Remarks 703 Certain Computations Involving Complex Gaussian Matrices with Applications to the Performance Analysis of MIMO Systems 77Ming Kang, Lin Yang, and Mohamed-Slim Alouini3.1 Introduction 773.2 Performance Measures of Multiple Antenna Systems 783.3 Some Mathematical Preliminaries 853.4 General Calculations with MIMO Applications 873.5 Summary 1014 Recent Advances in Orthogonal Space-Time Block Coding 105Mohammad Gharavi-Alkhansari, Alex B. Gershman, and Shahram Shahbazpanahi4.1 Introduction 1054.2 Notations and Acronyms 1064.3 Mathematical Preliminaries 1064.4 MIMO System Model and OSTBC Background 1084.5 Constellation Space Invariance and Equivalent Array-Processing-Type MIMO Model 1114.6 Coherent ML Decoding 1154.7 Exact Symbol Error Probability Analysis of Coherent ML Decoder 1194.8 Optimality Properties of OSTBCs 1334.9 Blind Decoding of OSTBCs 1454.10 Multiaccess MIMO Receivers for OSTBCs 1574.11 Conclusions 1635 Trace-Orthogonal Full Diversity Cyclotomic Space-Time Codes 169Jian-Kang Zhang, Jing Liu, and Kon Max Wong5.1 Introduction 1695.2 Channel Model with Linear Dispersion Codes 1725.3 Good Structures for LD Codes: Trace Orthogonality 1745.4 Trace-orthogonal LD Codes 1825.5 Construction of Trace Orthogonal LD Codes 1875.6 Design of Full Diversity LD Codes 1925.7 Design of Full Diversity Linear Space-time Block Codes for N

Since 2002, Professor Alex Gershman has worked in the Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering at McMaster University in Canada but is currently on research leave as a Guest Professor and Head of the Smart Antenna Research team (SmART) at the Dept of Communication Systems, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.  With 20 years experience in the field gained in Russia, Switzerland, Germany and Canada, Professor Gershman has participated in numerous technical committees and has been an invited speaker at more than 20 events.  He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and since 1999 has been the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. Professor Nikos Sidiropoulos currently works in both the Telecommunications Division, Dept of Electronic & Computer Engineering, University of Crete, Greece and as an Adjunct Professor at the Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering & Digital Technology Center, University of Minnesota, USA.  After completing his Diploma in Electrical Engineering in Greece he obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, USA.  With 15 years experience in the area he has industry experience from G-Systems Ltd, Athens and as a consultant for Globespan Inc. USA.

• List of Contributors xiPreface xiiiAcknowledgements xvii1 MIMO Wireless Channel Modeling and Experimental Characterization 1Michael A. Jensen and Jon W. Wallace1.1 Introduction 11.2 MIMO Channel Measurement 51.3 MIMO Channel Models 131.4 The Impact of Antennas on MIMO Performance 242 Multidimensional Harmonic Retrieval with Applications in MIMO Wireless Channel Sounding 41Xiangqian Liu, Nikos D. Sidiropoulos, and Tao Jiang2.1 Introduction 412.2 Harmonic Retrieval Data Model 432.3 Identifiability of Multidimensional Harmonic Retrieval 462.4 Multidimensional Harmonic Retrieval Algorithms 532.5 Numerical Examples 592.6 Multidimensional Harmonic Retrieval for MIMO Channel Estimation 612.7 Concluding Remarks 703 Certain Computations Involving Complex Gaussian Matrices with Applications to the Performance Analysis of MIMO Systems 77Ming Kang, Lin Yang, and Mohamed-Slim Alouini3.1 Introduction 773.2 Performance Measures of Multiple Antenna Systems 783.3 Some Mathematical Preliminaries 853.4 General Calculations with MIMO Applications 873.5 Summary 1014 Recent Advances in Orthogonal Space-Time Block Coding 105Mohammad Gharavi-Alkhansari, Alex B. Gershman, and Shahram Shahbazpanahi4.1 Introduction 1054.2 Notations and Acronyms 1064.3 Mathematical Preliminaries 1064.4 MIMO System Model and OSTBC Background 1084.5 Constellation Space Invariance and Equivalent Array-Processing-Type MIMO Model 1114.6 Coherent ML Decoding 1154.7 Exact Symbol Error Probability Analysis of Coherent ML Decoder 1194.8 Optimality Properties of OSTBCs 1334.9 Blind Decoding of OSTBCs 1454.10 Multiaccess MIMO Receivers for OSTBCs 1574.11 Conclusions 1635 Trace-Orthogonal Full Diversity Cyclotomic Space-Time Codes 169Jian-Kang Zhang, Jing Liu, and Kon Max Wong5.1 Introduction 1695.2 Channel Model with Linear Dispersion Codes 1725.3 Good Structures for LD Codes: Trace Orthogonality 1745.4 Trace-orthogonal LD Codes 1825.5 Construction of Trace Orthogonal LD Codes 1875.6 Design of Full Diversity LD Codes 1925.7 Design of Full Diversity Linear Space-time Block Codes for N

Since 2002, Professor Alex Gershman has worked in the Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering at McMaster University in Canada but is currently on research leave as a Guest Professor and Head of the Smart Antenna Research team (SmART) at the Dept of Communication Systems, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.  With 20 years experience in the field gained in Russia, Switzerland, Germany and Canada, Professor Gershman has participated in numerous technical committees and has been an invited speaker at more than 20 events.  He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and since 1999 has been the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. Professor Nikos Sidiropoulos currently works in both the Telecommunications Division, Dept of Electronic & Computer Engineering, University of Crete, Greece and as an Adjunct Professor at the Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering & Digital Technology Center, University of Minnesota, USA.  After completing his Diploma in Electrical Engineering in Greece he obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, USA.  With 15 years experience in the area he has industry experience from G-Systems Ltd, Athens and as a consultant for Globespan Inc. USA.

• List of Contributors xiPreface xiiiAcknowledgements xvii1 MIMO Wireless Channel Modeling and Experimental Characterization 1Michael A. Jensen and Jon W. Wallace1.1 Introduction 11.2 MIMO Channel Measurement 51.3 MIMO Channel Models 131.4 The Impact of Antennas on MIMO Performance 242 Multidimensional Harmonic Retrieval with Applications in MIMO Wireless Channel Sounding 41Xiangqian Liu, Nikos D. Sidiropoulos, and Tao Jiang2.1 Introduction 412.2 Harmonic Retrieval Data Model 432.3 Identifiability of Multidimensional Harmonic Retrieval 462.4 Multidimensional Harmonic Retrieval Algorithms 532.5 Numerical Examples 592.6 Multidimensional Harmonic Retrieval for MIMO Channel Estimation 612.7 Concluding Remarks 703 Certain Computations Involving Complex Gaussian Matrices with Applications to the Performance Analysis of MIMO Systems 77Ming Kang, Lin Yang, and Mohamed-Slim Alouini3.1 Introduction 773.2 Performance Measures of Multiple Antenna Systems 783.3 Some Mathematical Preliminaries 853.4 General Calculations with MIMO Applications 873.5 Summary 1014 Recent Advances in Orthogonal Space-Time Block Coding 105Mohammad Gharavi-Alkhansari, Alex B. Gershman, and Shahram Shahbazpanahi4.1 Introduction 1054.2 Notations and Acronyms 1064.3 Mathematical Preliminaries 1064.4 MIMO System Model and OSTBC Background 1084.5 Constellation Space Invariance and Equivalent Array-Processing-Type MIMO Model 1114.6 Coherent ML Decoding 1154.7 Exact Symbol Error Probability Analysis of Coherent ML Decoder 1194.8 Optimality Properties of OSTBCs 1334.9 Blind Decoding of OSTBCs 1454.10 Multiaccess MIMO Receivers for OSTBCs 1574.11 Conclusions 1635 Trace-Orthogonal Full Diversity Cyclotomic Space-Time Codes 169Jian-Kang Zhang, Jing Liu, and Kon Max Wong5.1 Introduction 1695.2 Channel Model with Linear Dispersion Codes 1725.3 Good Structures for LD Codes: Trace Orthogonality 1745.4 Trace-orthogonal LD Codes 1825.5 Construction of Trace Orthogonal LD Codes 1875.6 Design of Full Diversity LD Codes 1925.7 Design of Full Diversity Linear Space-time Block Codes for N