Foreword from Arogyaswami Paulraj, Professor (Emeritus), Stanford University (USA) - The first book to show how MIMO principles can be implemented in today's mobile broadband networks and components - Explains and solves some of the practical difficulties that arise in designing and implementing MIMO systems - Both theory and implementation sections are written in the context of the most recent standards: IEEE 802.11n (WiFi); IEEE 802.16 (WIMAX); 4G networks (3GPP/3GPP2, LTE)

Claude Oestges is Associate Professor with the Institute for Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics (Université catholique de Louvain). His research interests cover wireless and satellite communications, with a specific focus on channel characterization and modeling. He is the author or co-author of two books and more than 170 scientific papers in international journals and conference proceedings.