Sriram VishwanathRate-Robustness Tradeoffs in Multicarrier Wireless Communications

First of all, I would like to gratefully thank my supervisor, Dr. Jeffrey G. Andrews, for his guidance and support throughout my research at the University of Texas at Austin. He showed me the fundamentals of research and guided me with great insight, broad and profound knowledge, and encouragement. I am also sincerely grateful to my committee members, Dr. Gustavo de Veciana, Dr. Robert W. Heath, Jr., Dr. Sriram Vishwanath, and Dr. John E. Gilbert, for their invaluable advice and thoughtful comments throughout my graduate studies. Their comments and insights made my research more fruitful. I’m honored to have them on my committee. I would like to express my thanks to all current and former members in the Wireless Networking and Communications Group for the wonderful friendship and helpful advice, especially my lab members, Jaeweon Kim, Wan Choi, Kabin Huang, Runhua Chen, and Aamir Hasan. I would like to especially thank Changyong Shin, Yung Yi, and Andrew Hunter for their various help and constructive discussions. Furthermore, I would like to thank the Ministry of Information and Communicatio