Reliable Communication in Wireless Cooperative Networks under Channel Uncertainty

Wireless cooperative networks will revolutionize our experience of high-speed communications in beyond-third-generation systems. The distinctive goal of this project, compared to existing literature, is to consider the impact of wireless fading channel randomness in such networks from an information-theoretic viewpoint. This study is important, as it allows the design of efficient and high-speed cooperation under realistic channel models. This will result in extended battery life in mobile devices and higher network capacity. We propose 1) to investigate capacity regions of cooperative networks under channel uncertainty and 2) to design optimum channel estimation, relaying and feedback strategies to maximize developed capacity regions.