The pioneers of Flash-OFDM present OFDMA from first principles, enabling readers to apply theory to practice and understand mobile broadband.

Written by the pioneers of Flash-OFDM, arguably the first commercially developed OFDMA-based mobile broadband system in the world, this book teaches OFDMA from first principles, enabling readers to understand mobile broadband as a whole. The book examines the key requirements for data-centric mobile; how OFDMA fits well with data networks; why mobile broadband needs to be IP-based; and how to bridge communications theory to real-world air interface design and make a good system choice between performance and complexity. It also explores the future of wireless technologies beyond conventional cellular architecture. One of the key challenges faced by newcomers to this field is how to apply the wireless communications theory and principles to the real world and how to understand sophisticated commercial systems such as LTE. The authors use their firsthand experience to help graduate students, researchers and professionals working on 4G to bridge the gap between theory and practice.

This book addresses the emerging technology for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), covering OFDMA physical layer as well as network technology. The book also includes information on IEEE 802.16e and WiMAX networks and also offers a comparison with other OFDMA technologies. OFDMA is the fastest growing area in the wireless marketplace, and the backbone of systems used in WiMAX. WiMAX is the technology that enables wireless users to communicate at any time from any location without having to find a WiFi hotspot.

Discussing OFDMA radio resource management in the context of broadband wireless access systems such as WiMAX, this unique resource serves as an excellent reference for OFDMA system design work and provides expert guidance on emerging enhancements to WiMAX technology.

OFDM-based Broadband Wireless Networks covers the latest technological advances in digital broadcasting, wireless LAN, and mobile networks to achieve high spectral efficiency, and to meet peak requirements for multimedia traffic. The book emphasizes the OFDM modem, air-interface, medium access-control (MAC), radio link protocols, and radio network planning. An Instructor Support FTP site is available from the Wiley editorial department.

Understand the new technologies of the LTE standard and their impact on system performance improvements with this practical guide.

Presenting the state-of-the-art in broadband wireless access technology, this unique resource shows you how to design OFDM transceivers and develop a novel wireless transceiver system architecture ndash; one that streamlines wireless system development and deployment because of its reusability, scalability and flexibility. The book gives you a solid understanding of reconfigurable baseband transceiver architecture, fixed broadband access, and 802.16 (WiMax) and 802.20 network design.