Spreading and precoding for wireless MIMO-OFDM systems [Elektronische Ressource] / von Doris Yasmou Yacoub

SpreadingandPrecodingforWirelessMIMO-OFDMSystemsDISSERTATIONzur Erlangung des akademischen GradeseinesDOKTOR-INGENIEURS(DR.-ING.)der Fakulta¨t fur¨ Ingenieurwissenschaftenund Informatik der Universita¨t UlmvonDORISYASMOUYACOUBAUS HELIOPOLIS/KAIRO1.Gutachter: Prof. Dr.–Ing. Jur¨ gen Lindner2.Gutachter: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h. c. Hermann RohlingAmtierender Dekan: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Helmuth PartschUlm, 13. Juni 2008AcknowledgmentsFirst,IwouldliketoexpressmywarmandsinceregratitudetomysupervisorProfessor Ju¨rgen Lindner for giving me the opportunity to join his researchgroup at the Institute of Information Technology, Ulm University as wellas for his understanding, personal guidance, and for his important andunfailing support throughout this work.IalsowishtoexpressmysincerethankstoProfessorHermannRohling,Headof the Telecommunications Institute at Technische Universita¨t Hamburg-Harburg, not just for being a co-reviewer of this thesis, but also for givingme the opportunity to participate in the OFDM-Workshop for several yearsof which I have very fond memories.My warm thanks are also due to Dr. Werner G. Teich for his sincere adviceand friendly help. His discussions about my work have always been veryhelpful.I also wish to give a special thanks my colleague and friend Ivan Perisafor his support throughout those years. My sincere thanks are also due toall my colleagues for many valuable discussions and for proof-reading thisthesis.