The influence of efficiency on receive diversity and MIMO capacity for rayleigh-fading channels

A previously published guideline for MIMO antenna arrays is refuted. The influence of radiation efficiency on diversity gain and MIMO capacity of wireless communications systems is investigated through simulations and measurements using a reverberation chamber. Integrated antennas on a portable devi...

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Autores: Valenzuela Valdés, Juan Francisco, García Fernández, Miguel Ángel, Martínez González, Antonio Manuel, Sánchez Hernández, David Agapito
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena(UPCT)
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital UPCT
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.upct.es:10317/833
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10317/833
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Diversidad de ganancia
Capacidad del canal
Multiple entrada y multiple salida (MIMO)
Eficiencia de radiación
MIMO
Diversity gain
Channel capacity
Radiation efficiency
Teoría de la Señal y las Comunicaciones
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Sumario:A previously published guideline for MIMO antenna arrays is refuted. The influence of radiation efficiency on diversity gain and MIMO capacity of wireless communications systems is investigated through simulations and measurements using a reverberation chamber. Integrated antennas on a portable device have efficiencies low enough to disallow typical inter-element correlation assumptions. Both diversity gain and MIMO capacity depend on the number of antennas, SNR and efficiency in a complex way. When the efficiency of antennas is considered, certain system capacity losses are predicted and measured. These losses may be recovered through using more receive elements than commonly recommended or through the addition of a smaller number of more efficient antennas.