Course: Cooperative Communications
Code: 3ФЕИТ10014
ECTS points: 6 ECTS
Number of classes per week: 3+0+0+3
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Zoran Hadji – Velkov
Course Goals (acquired competencies): Knowledge of techniques and methods of communication between 3 and more communication partners and cooperative diversity.
Course Syllabus: Wireless relay channels. Capacity of cooperative channels. Capacity region of three-node systems. Cooperative diversity, strategies for low and high signal-to-noise ratio. Cooperative communications with a single relay. Transparent and regenerative relay strategies. Performance analysis of various cooperative protocols. Coded cooperation. Code design. Distributed space-time and space-frequency coding. Network coding. Cooperative communications with multiple nodes. Distributed system optimization. Optimal power allocation. Cooperative techniques for relay selection. Coverage extension through cooperation. Algorithms for relay allocation. Cooperative and relay networks. Cooperative cellular networks. Network models, network capacity. Multiple access cooperative strategies. Distributed cooperative routing. Application of cooperative techniques in next generation communication systems.
Literature:
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Mischa Dohler, Yonghui Li | Cooperative Communications: Hardware, Channel & PHY | Wiley | 2010 |
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K. J. Ray Liu, A. K. Sadek, W. Su and A. Kwasinski | Cooperative Communications and Networking | Cambridge University Press | 2009 |
