Interference management in MIMO networks

To the memory of my mother, Rama Gaur ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my deep gratitude to Prof. Mary Ann Ingram for her invaluable advice and encouragement at every step of my PhD program. Without her unfailing support, patience, and belief in me, this thesis would not have been possible. Her contribution to this thesis goes well beyond her role as an academic supervisor and includes constant support on a personal level without which this journey may never have been completed. And for this, I am truly grateful. I also thank the members of my thesis committee, Prof. Raghupathy Sivakumar and Prof. Geoffrey Li for being on my thesis reading committee. Their encouragement and enlightening suggestions have greatly improved my research and this dissertation. have benefitted me a lot.war Chandrasekar, Ramanathan Viswanathan, and so many others for making my life in US a pleasant experience. And foremost, I offer my heartfelt thanks to my parents and my brothers Himan-shu, Nalinaksh, and Abhishek, for their everlasting encouragement, faith, support iv and love. Thank you for everything. To you, I dedicate this work.