A comprehensive perspective for improving wireless systems performance, combining fundamentals of resource allocation with the newest research.

Zhu Han is currently an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Boise State University, Idaho. In 2003, he was awarded his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. Zhu Han has also worked for a period in industry, as an R & D Engineer for JDSD. Dr Han is PHY/MAC Symposium vice chair of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2008.

Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Basics Principles: 2. Wireless networks: an introduction; 3. Power control; 4. Rate adaptation; 5. Multiple access and spectrum access; Part II. Optimization Techniques for Resource Allocation: 6. Optimization formulation and analysis; 7. Mathematical programming; 8. Integer/combinatorial optimization; 9. Game theory; Part III. Advanced Topics: 10. Resource allocation with antenna-array processing; 11. Dynamic resource allocation; 12. Resource allocation for cooperative networks; 13. Game-theoretic approaches for resource allocation; 14. Ad hoc/sensor/personal-area networks; 15. Resource allocation for wireless multimedia; Bibliography; Index.