The ever increasing demand for wireless services using mobile cellular communication technology has lead to intensive efforts by researchers to determine the information theoretic limitations of these systems. Toward this end, numerous cellular models have been formulated and analyzed using information theoretic principles to succinctly identify the impact of system constraints and design parameters on performance. One such model that captures the essence of the uplink of a cellular channel is the Gaussian cellular multiple access channel (GCMAC), which is the focus of this dissertation. / Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2006

The ever increasing demand for wireless services using mobile cellular communication technology has lead to intensive efforts by researchers to determine the information theoretic limitations of these systems. Toward this end, numerous cellular models have been formulated and analyzed using information theoretic principles to succinctly identify the impact of system constraints and design parameters on performance. One such model that captures the essence of the uplink of a cellular channel is the Gaussian cellular multiple access channel (GCMAC), which is the focus of this dissertation. / Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2006

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Also available in print.

Thesis (M. S.)--Music Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. / Committee Chair: Chordia, Parag; Committee Member: Freeman, Jason; Committee Member: Weinberg, Gil.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Tulsa, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 261-270)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1991.

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Also available in print.

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This thesis investigates some of the properties of a variational approximation to scalar field theories: a trial wavefunctional which has a gaussian form is used as a ground state ansatz for an interacting scalar field theory - the expectation value of the Hamiltonian in this state is then minimized. This we call the Gaussian Approximation; the resulting effective potential we follow others by calling the Gaussian Effective Potential (GEP). An equivalent but more general finite temperature formalism is then reviewed and used for the calculations of the GEP in this thesis. Two scalar field theories are described: ϕ⁴ theory in four dimensions (ϕ⁴₄) and ϕ⁶ theory in three dimensions (ϕ⁶₃). After showing what the Gaussian Approximation does in terms of Feynman diagrams, renormalized GEP's are calculated for both theories. Dimensional Regularization is used in the renormalization and this this is especially convenient for the GEP in ϕ⁶₃ theory because it becomes trivially renor-malizable. It is noted that ϕ⁶₃ loses its infrared asymptotic freedom in the Gaussian Approximation. Finally, it is shown how a finite temperature GEP can be calculated by finding low and high temperature expansions of the temperature terms in ϕ⁶₃ theory. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate