OFDMA System Analysis and Design

Samuel C. Yang

Most of us today cannot imagine working (and living) without 802.11-based wireless networks, popularly known as Wi-Fi. Traveling professionals who really needed to send an e-mail and who had to drive around town looking for a hot spot can attest to the technology's importance. People have become used to high speed wireless networking in the local area (i.e., hot spots) and soon we will become used to high speed mobile networking in the wide area.


This book is designed as a broad examination of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), which are fast becoming the de facto methods of transmission at the physical layer in broadband mobile systems. The associated functions necessary to support OFDM and OFDMA at layer 2 are also addressed. This book focuses on system analysis, design and engineering of an OFDMA-based system. It also deals with both the theory and the application of OFDMA in the context of a broadband mobile wireless network. Based on the analysis of OFDMA, this book tries to develop and present applicable design frameworks in different areas of treatment.

This book uses the case of the IEEE 802.16 standard to exemplify the general concepts of OFDMA. It does not attempt to encompass all details of the standard, but covers those points that are important to a system-level understanding of the technology. Given that IEEE 802.16 is a well-understood implementation of OFDMA, it serves as a solid foundation from which to investigate the relevant subject matters.

Instead of making the chapters modular so that they can be considered individually, the author structured this book so that the best result can be obtained when a reader proceeds through the chapters sequentially. This organization is due to the intertwined nature of OFDMA and IEEE 802.16 standard, so it is recommended that it be read in its arranged sequence of chapters. The book is appropriate for practicing engineers, students and anyone interested in OFDMA.

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Pages: 300, $129, £65
ISBN: 978-1-60807-077-0