Single and Cross-Layer Mimo Techniques for Imt-Advanced : River Publishers : 9788792329509 : 8792329500 : 24 Jan 2011 : In the last two decades, the wireless arena has witnessed the emergence of an astonishing number of technologies which play a part in the definition of new wireless systems. Driven by the pressing capacity demand, the research community has developed several technological enablers. Fundamental technological building blocks that will be part of wireless systems in the near-future include Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) modulation at the physical (PHY) layer, Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems, and a cross-layer (CL) stack design. While the benefits of OFDM have been recognized for several years, the real capacity improvement of MIMO antennae is still being debated today. As to the last point, even if opportunities for CL have been pointed out for a long time, the impact on the actual legacy systems has not been noticeable as investors are