Cooperative Wireless Communications

Cooperative devices are receiving greater focus in wireless communication as they substantially enhance system performance by decreasing power consumption and packet loss rate, while also increasing system capacity and network resilience. Providing the vital background information needed for those involved with the development and implementation of cooperative mechanisms, this volume introduces key cooperative strategies for infrastructure-based systems, as well as for self-organizing, multi-hop networks. Providing a key reference for researchers and product developers, the text details those recent improvements in a variety of cooperative mechanisms and frameworks that are applicable in diverse scenarios.

Yan Zhang, Hsiao-Hwa Chen, Mohsen Guizani

PART I Fundamentals Capacity of Cooperative Channels: Three Terminal Case Study. Capacity Limits in Cooperative Cellular Systems. Low-Complexity Strategies for Cooperative Communications. Orthogonal Opportunistic Relaying for CooperativeWireless Communications. Cross-Layer Design for CooperativeWireless Communication. Power Allocation in CooperativeWireless Networks. Joint Power Allocation and Partner Selection in CD Systems. Topology Control in CooperativeWireless Ad Hoc Networks. Game Theory and Cooperation Analysis. Cooperative Cognitive Radio. PART II Techniques Cooperative Diversity of Generalized Distributed Antenna Systems. Cooperative ARQ Protocols. Impact of Cooperative Transmission on Network Routing. Cooperative Relaying in Multihop Cellular Networks. Cooperative Radio Resource Management for Heterogeneous Networks. Cooperative Caching in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks. Cooperative Security in Peer-to-Peer and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. Application Cooperation in Wireless Mesh Networks. Cooperation and Interference in Wireless Mesh Networks. Cooperation in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks. Self-Healing Wireless Sensor Networks. Index.