Foundations of MIMO in Radar and Communications

Farid Dowla andFaranak Nekoogar, Lawrence LivermoreNational Laboratory, San Francisco, CA.

1. Introduction to MIMO
1.1 Introduction to multiple antenna techniques
1.2 Single input single output (Conventional radio/radar)
1.3 Advantages of multiple antenna systems
1.4 Transmit/Receive diversity
1.5 Spatial diversity - Space-time coding
1.6 Challenges of MIMO systems
1.7 Summary

2. MIMO Channel Model
2.1 Introduction to MIMO channel and signal model
2.2 Channel capacity of MIMO systems
2.3 Channel estimation using MIMO techniques
2.4 Spatial correlation techniques for MIMO systems
2.5 Interference reduction in MIMO channels
2.6 Summary

3. MIMO Antennas
3.1 Introduction to multi-element antennas
3.2 Antenna array design
3.3 Adaptive MIMO antenna design
3.4 Trade off analysis between phased array and MIMO antennas
3.5 Impact of mutual coupling and polarization in MIMO antennas
3.6 Ultra-wideband MIMO antennas for spotforming/ remote powering
3.7 Summary

4. MIMO in Wireless Communications
4.1 Introduction to MIMO communications
4.2 Multi-user MIMO
4.3 MIMO in sensor networks
4.4 Distributed MIMO
4.5 MIMO ultra-wideband communications
4.6 MIMO software defined radio for adaptive communications
4.7 Summary

5. MIMO in Radar
5.1 Introduction to MIMO in Radar systems
5.2 MIMO radar signal processing
5.3 MIMO technique for synthetic aperture radar
5.4 MIMO radar for high resolution radars
5.5 Adaptive arrays in MIMO radar
5.6 Coherent and non-coherent MIMO radar
5.7 MIMO radars for moving targets or platforms
5.8 MIMO radar for imaging: GPR and biomedical applications
5.9 Summary