Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Acronyms -- List of Symbols -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Motivation andScope -- 1.2 Outline -- 1.3 Notation andSimulationsAspects -- 2 CP-Assisted CDMA Techniques -- 2.1 OFDMvsSC-FDE -- 2.1.1 OFDMSchemes -- 2.1.2 Single Carrier with Frequency-Domain Equalization -- 2.1.3 IB-DFE Receivers -- 2.2 MC-CDMASystemswithLinearFDE -- 2.2.1 DownlinkTransmission -- 2.2.2 UplinkTransmission -- 2.3 DS-CDMASystemswithLinearFDE -- 2.3.1 DownlinkTransmission -- 2.3.2 UplinkTransmission -- 2.4 FinalRemarks -- 3 DS-CDMA and MC-CDMA Downlink Receivers -- 3.1 IB-DFEwithHardDecisions -- 3.1.1 Receiver Structure -- 3.1.2 Derivation of the Receiver Parameters -- 3.1.3 Calculation of ρp -- 3.2 IB-DFEwithSoftDecisions -- 3.2.1 TurboEqualizers -- 3.3 PerformanceResults -- 4 DS-CDMA and MC-CDMA Uplink Receivers -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 DS-CDMA Uplink Receivers -- 4.2.1 SystemCharacterization -- 4.2.2 Iterative Receiver with Interference Cancelation -- 4.2.3 Extension forMIMOSystems -- 4.2.4 PerformanceResults -- 4.3 MC-CDMA Uplink Receivers -- 4.3.1 SystemCharacterization -- 4.3.2 Receiver Structure -- 4.3.3 PerformanceResults -- 5 Nonlinear DS-CDMA and MC-CDMA Systems -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 NonlinearEffects inDS-CDMASignals -- 5.2.1 Transmitter Structure -- 5.2.2 Statistical Characterization of the Transmitted Signal -- 5.2.3 PerformanceEvaluation -- 5.2.4 Receiver Design -- 5.2.5 PerformanceResults -- 5.3 NonlinearEffects inMC-CDMASignals -- 5.3.1 Transmitter Structure -- 5.3.2 Receiver Design -- 5.3.3 PerformanceResults -- 6 Conclusions and FutureWork -- 6.1 Conclusions -- 6.2 FutureWork -- Appendices -- A Channel Characterization -- B CP and DFT-based Receiver Implementation -- C Computation of LLR for QPSK Constellation -- D Equivalence between (4.32) and (4.40) -- E Power Amplification.

F Nonlinear Effects on Gaussian Signals -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.