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The authors of [86] also derived a convex optimization-based algorithm to solve the
multicast generalization of the max-min fair beamforming problem (8.102). The design
of robust worst-case multicast beamformers is currently an open problem.

8.5 Conclusions

An overview of adaptive beamforming methods for wireless multiantenna communica-
tions has been presented. Both the receive and transmit beamforming problems and
techniques have been discussed in detail. As many popular recent approaches to receive
and transmit beamforming are based on modern optimization theory, our chapter has
a strong emphasis on convex optimization-based techniques. More details about using
convex optimization methods in wireless communications can be found in the recent
tutorial papers [48] and [49].

Acknowledgment

This work was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) under Grant GE
1881/1-1.

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