The Next Big Leap in MIMO [Book\/Software Reviews]

The book is put together by an excellent team of authors: the originator of massive MIMO, Thomas Marzetta; a second member of his Nokia Bell Labs team, Hong Yang; a professor from Linkoping University, Erik Larsson; and a researcher also from Linkoping University, Hien Quoc Ngo. Multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) has been a huge success. Integrated circuits with receivers, transmitters, and transceivers on one chip have enabled the inexpensive use of multiple antennas, which has, in turn, made signal quality for Wi-Fi much more reliable in highly reflective environments and those with mobile users. Fundamentals of Massive MIMO describes the next big leap in MIMO, and this leap has some huge possibilities. One warning is that the authors use a good number of acronyms (which Appendix H helps to sort out). Also, the book reads like a research lab monograph, as it is a nice reference but is not designed as a textbook or a tutorial with lots of examples, just a clear and detailed presentation of the subject. The book consists of eight chapters and eight appendices. The appendices provide background on Gaussian vectors and random matrices as well as further details on capacity, single cells, signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio, links, hexagons, and, as mentioned, the many acronyms. The book provides an excellent overview of the subject as understood by a few of the top experts in the field. If you are interested in this topic, this is a must-have on your bookshelf.