Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum 2007 Proceedings from the 6th International Workshop on Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum, May 2007,Herrsching, Germany

Since the principle of multi-carrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) was simultaneously proposed by Khaled Fazel et al. and Nathan Yee et al. at the IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) in the year 1993, multi-carrier spread spectrum (MC-SS) has rapidly become one of the most wide spread independent research topics on the field of mobile radio communications. Therefore, the International Workshop on Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum (MC-SS) was initiated in the year 1997. Multi-carrier and spread spectrum systems with their generic air interface and adaptive technologies are considered as potential candidates to fulfill the requirements of next generation mobile communications systems. The material summarized in this volume was selected for the 6th International Workshop on Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum (MC-SS 2007) held in Herrsching, Germany from 07-09 May 2007. The workshop was organized by the Institute of Communications and Navigation of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. During the workshop, many hot topics in the field of MC-SS were covered. First, several presentations regarding General Issues were given. Iterative Decoding strategies were also discussed. Furthermore, a special session was addressed on Interleave Multiple Division Access (IDMA). In the areas of Spectrum and Interference, Data Transmission, Adaptive Transmission, Multiple Antennas, Multi-Cell and Multi-Link, and Synchronization and Tracking new and innovative algorithms, strategies, and systems were proposed. Finally, a dominant hot topic during this workshop was the problem of Channel Estimation.

General Issues Frequency-Domain Equalization for Block CDMA Transmission*; F. Adachi, A. Nakajima, K. Takeda, L. Liu, H. Tomeba, K. Fukuda Different Guard Interval Techniques for OFDM: Performance Comparison*; H. Steendam, M. Moeneclaey An Analysis of OFDMA, Precoded OFDMA and SC-FDMA for the Uplink in Cellular Systems*; C. Ciochina, D. Mottier, H. Sari Influence of a Cyclic Prefix on the Spectral Power Density of Cyclo-Stationary Random Sequences; M.T. Ivrlac, J.A. Nossek Downlink Scheduling for Multiple Antenna Multi-Carrier Systems with Dirty Paper Coding via Genetic Algorithms; R.C. Elliott, W.A. Krzymien Iterative Decoding EXIT-Chart Analysis of Iterative Space-Time-Frequency Coded Multi-Carrier Receivers; S. Sand, A. Dammann Interleaver for High Parallelizable Turbo Decoder; L. Boher, J.-B. Dore, M. Helard, C. Gallard Interleave Division Multiple Access (IDMA) Multi-User Detection Techniques for Potential 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) Schemes*; Q. Guo, X. Yuan, L. Ping Analysis and Performance of an Efficient Iterative Detection Strategy for IDMA Systems; P. Weitkemper, K.-D. Kammeyer Joint Navigation & Communication Based on Interleave-Division Multiple Access; P.A. Hoeher, K. Schmeink * invited paper Spectrum and Interference Out-of-band Radiation in Multicarrier Systems: A Comparison; L.G. Baltar, D.S. Waldhauser, J.A. Nossek Mitigation of Dynamically Changing NBI in OFDM Based Overlay Systems; S. Brandes, M. Schnell Cancellation of Digital Narrowband Interference for Multi-Carrier Systems; M. Marey, H. Steendam Data Transmission RAKE Reception for Signature-Interleaved DS CDMA in Rayleigh Multipath Channel; A. Dudkov Accurate BER of MC-DS-CDMA over Rayleigh Fading Channels; B. Smida, L. Hanzo, S. Affes OFDM/OQAM for Spread-Spectrum Transmission; C. Lele, P. Siohan, R. Legouable, M. Bellanger A Multi-Carrier Downlink Transmitter for LEO Satellite; R.M. Vitenberg Adaptive Transmission A New Dynamic Partial Precoding Technique for MC-CDMA Systems Employing PSK Modulation; C. Masouros, E. Alsusa The Influence of Link Adaptation in Multi-User OFDM; S. Pfletschinger Adaptive Multi-Carrier Spread-Spectrum with Dynamic Time-Frequency Codes for UWB Applications; A. Stephan, J.-Y. Baudais, J.-F. Helard Radio Resource Allocation in MC-CDMA under QoS Requirements; I. Gutierrez, F. Bader, J.L. Pijoan Multiple Antennas Performance of Cyclic Delay Diversity in Ricean Channels; A. Dammann, R. Raulefs, S. Plass Downlink Performance of MC-CDMA Systems with Spatial Phase Codes in Fading Channels; S. KaiserDoppler-Compensation for OFDM-Transmission by Sectorized Antenna Reception; P. Klenner, K.-D. Kammeyer On the Receive Signal Dynamics in Energy Efficient MIMO OFDM Multi-User Mobile Radio Downlinks; F. Keskin, A. Egelhof Multi-Cell and Multi-Link DOA Estimation for MC-CDMA Uplink Transmissions; A. A. D’Amico, M. Morelli, L. Sanguinetti The Cellular Alamouti Technique; S. Plass, R. Raulefs Iterative Intercell Interference Cancellation for DL MC-CDMA Systems; M. Chacun, M. Helard, R. Legouable Synchronization and Tracking Positioning with Generalized Multi-Carrier Communications Signals; C. Mensing, S. Plass, A. Dammann Joint Channel Tracking and Phase Noise Compensation for OFDM in Fast Fading

Stefan Kaiser was the first researcher to address the institutional and legal aspects of the future air navigation systems in a pioneering thesis presented to the Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University.