Foundations of MIMO in Radar and Communications

1. Introduction to MIMO1.1 Introduction to multiple antenna techniques1.2 Single input single output (Conventional radio/radar)1.3 Advantages of multiple antenna systems1.4 Transmit/Receive diversity1.5 Spatial diversity - Space-time coding1.6 Challenges of MIMO systems1.7 Summary 2. MIMO Channel Model2.1 Introduction to MIMO channel and signal model2.2 Channel capacity of MIMO systems2.3 Channel estimation using MIMO techniques2.4 Spatial correlation techniques for MIMO systems2.5 Interference reduction in MIMO channels2.6 Summary 3. MIMO Antennas3.1 Introduction to multi-element antennas3.2 Antenna array design3.3 Adaptive MIMO antenna design3.4 Trade off analysis between phased array and MIMO antennas3.5 Impact of mutual coupling and polarization in MIMO antennas3.6 Ultra-wideband MIMO antennas for spotforming/ remote powering3.7 Summary 4. MIMO in Wireless Communications4.1 Introduction to MIMO communications4.2 Multi-user MIMO4.3 MIMO in sensor networks4.4 Distributed MIMO4.5 MIMO ultra-wideband communications4.6 MIMO software defined radio for adaptive communications4.7 Summary 5. MIMO in Radar 5.1 Introduction to MIMO in Radar systems5.2 MIMO radar signal processing5.3 MIMO technique for synthetic aperture radar5.4 MIMO radar for high resolution radars5.5 Adaptive arrays in MIMO radar5.6 Coherent and non-coherent MIMO radar5.7 MIMO radars for moving targets or platforms5.8 MIMO radar for imaging: GPR and biomedical applications5.9 Summary

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