Vehicular Technologies : Increasing Connectivity

Vehicular Technologies Increasing Connectivity Preface......Page 1 01_A Non-Stationary MIMO Vehicle-to-Vehicle Channel Model Derived From the Geometrical T-Junction Model......Page 11 02_Simulation of SISO and MIMO Multipath Fading Channels......Page 21 03_User Scheduling and Partner Selection for Multiplexing-based Distributed MIMO Uplink Transmission......Page 45 04_Resource Allocation for Multi-User OFDMA-Based Wireless Cellular Networks......Page 61 05_From Linear Equalization to Lattice-Reduction-Aided Sphere-Detector as an Answer to the MIMO Detection Problematic in Spatial Multiplexing Systems......Page 81 06_DFT Based Channel Estimation Methods for MIMO-OFDM Systems......Page 107 07_Channels and Parameters Acquisition in Cooperative OFDM Systems......Page 125 08_Fast Power and Channel Adaptation for Mobile Users in OFDMA Multi-Cell Scenarios......Page 147 09_Statistical Properties of the Capacity of Double Nakagami-m Channels for Applications in V2V Dualhop Communication Systems......Page 163 10_Resource Allocation and User Scheduling in Coordinated Multicell MIMO Systems......Page 175 11_Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm-based Schemes for Subcarrier, Bit, and Power Allocation in Multiuser OFDM Systems......Page 195 12_Reduced-Complexity PAPR Minimization Schemes for MC-CDMA Systems......Page 215 13_Cognitive Radio Communications for Vehicular Technology – Wavelet Applications......Page 233 14_Multiple Antenna-Aided Spectrum Sensing Using Energy Detectors for Cognitive Radio......Page 249 15_New Method to Generate Balanced 2n-PSK STTCs......Page 271 16_Correlation Coefficients of Received Signal I and Q Components in a Domain with Time and Frequency Axes under Multipath Mobile Channel with LOS and NLOS......Page 291 17_Multimodulus Blind Equalization Algorithm Using Oblong QAM Constellations for Fast Carrier Phase Recovery......Page 309 18_Peak-to-Average Power Ratio Reduction for Wavelet Packet Modulation Schemes via Basis Function Design......Page 325 19_Outage Performance and Symbol Error Rate Analysis of L-Branch Maximal-Ratio Combiner for κ-μ and η-μ Fading......Page 343 20_Technological Issues in the Design of Cost-Efficient Electronic Toll Collection Systems......Page 369 21_Propagation Aspects in Vehicular Networks......Page 385 22_Propagation Path Loss Modelling in Container Terminal Environment......Page 425 23_Link Budgets: How Much Energy is Really Received......Page 443 This book provides an insight on both the challenges and the technological solutions of several approaches, which allow connecting vehicles between each other and with the network. It underlines the trends on networking capabilities and their issues, further focusing on the MAC and Physical layer challenges. Ranging from the advances on radio access technologies to intelligent mechanisms deployed to enhance cooperative communications, cognitive radio and multiple antenna systems have been given particular highlight