Teaching
- André Kokkeler (contact person)
- Yang Miao
- Anastasia Lavrenko
- Zaher Mahfouz
offered in
Quartile 3 (Q3) for 2026 (not Q4)
Course description
This course provides knowledge and understanding of the design and performance analysis of advanced multiple antenna systems with application to the latest wireless systems. It will hep you to understand different transmission and reception schemes and algorithms and their advantages and relative performance gains over various types of MIMO channels.
After completion of the course the student shall
- acquire a physical and mathematical understanding of the basic properties of MIMO multipath wireless channels in terms of their temporal, spatial and spectral properties and be able of applying them to the analyzing and modeling of multiple antenna systems,
- obtain a relevant knowledge and understanding of the design and performance analysis of advanced multiple antenna systems with application to the latest wireless systems,
- understand different transmission and reception schemes and algorithms and their advantages and relative performance gains over various types of MIMO channels,
- become familiar with and be able to find and use relevant technical literature to solve problems pertaining the design and analysis of multiple antenna systems from Single-Input Single-Output (SISO) systems to Massive MIMO systems,be able to relate the principles and concepts learned to the latest standardization activities and 5G.
content
This course covers the fundamentals of advanced multiple antenna systems exploiting diverse degrees of freedom of the wireless propagation channel with focus on their applications to 3G-5G wireless systems. Fundamental concepts pertaining the multi-dimensional, e.g., over frequency, time, space, polarization, etc., characterization of Multiple-Input Multiple Output (MIMO) propagation channels will be provided. Both, the so-called pure Line-Of-sight (LOS) channels as well as multipath channels will be addressed. Features of fixed and mobile multiple antenna systems will be covered too. Special attention will be given to the analysis of diversity schemes, spatial multiplexing, space-time coding and beamforming/precoding algorithms and their performance in single antenna (SISO) systems to Massive MIMO systems in different wireless propagation channels. Various transmitter and receiver structures will be explained with emphasis on the implementation of various signal processing algorithms, e.g., Zero-Forcing and Maximum Ratio transmission and reception.
study material
As the course has a wide coverage, no single book can cover all topics. The course will be primarily based on lecture notes/slides. The non-comprehensive list of suitable text books can be consulted.
Required material
- Tim Brown, Persefoni Kyritsi, Elizabeth De Carvalho Practical Guide to MIMO Radio Channel: with MATLAB Examples, Wiley 2012
ISBN 978-0-470-99449-8
Recommended material
- Arogyaswami Paulraj, Rohit Nabar, Dhananjay Gore, Introduction to Space-Time Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2008
ISBN 9780521065931 - David Tse and Pramod Viswanath, Fundamentals of Wireless Communication, Cambridge University Press, 2005
ISBN 9780521845274 - Thomas L. Marzetta, Erik G. Larsson, Hong Yang and Hien Quoc Ngo, Fundamentals of Massive MIMO, Cambridge University Press 2016
ISBN 9781107175570 - Heath Jr., R., & Lozano, A. (2018). Foundations of MIMO Communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN 9781139049276
examination
- Oral exam
- Assignments
- Presentation
More information
More information on the course can be found on Osiris.