Space—Time Processing for CDMA Mobile Communications is one of the first books to: • bring together spatial/temporal channel models and analytic performance evaluation techniques; • establish a link between smart antenna systems and advanced receiver design techniques; • treat smart antennas specifically for UMTS—like communication systems, with applicable simulations and calculations; • supply code with Matlab® GUI so readers can run or modify existing simulations or create new ones. The field of smart antenna technology or, more generally, space—time processing is rapidly becoming one of the most promising areas of mobile communications, especially regarding the development of the first practical third—generation mobile communication systems. The authors have addressed many of the most basic questions relating to the use of space—time processing in CDMA—based third—generation systems and have presented models for the integration of space—time processing, error correction coding, and multi—user detection techniques. Included is extensive background information on cellular systems, antenna array theory, smart antenna techniques, performance of basic space—time processors and advanced space—time processors. The book also includes an extensive simulation program written in Matlab®. The simulation code implements both the uplink and the downlink of a UMTS—like communication system. This provides multiple options for simulating system performance using a variety of channel models as well as receiver structures. Space—Time Processing for CDMA Mobile Communications will be an invaluable reference work for engineers and researchers, and a useful source for design engineers enabling them to understand the implications of adding space—time processing systems to CDMA—based communication systems.