Transmit diversity vs. spatial multiplexing in modern MIMO systems

A contemporary perspective on the tradeoff between transmit antenna diversity and/nspatial multiplexing is provided. It is argued that, in the context of most modern wireless/nsystems and for the operating points of interest, transmission techniques that utilize/nall available spatial degrees of fre...

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Autores: Lozano Solsona, Angel, Jindal, Nihar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/16119
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/16119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2010.01.081381
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Tractament del senyal
Comunicació sense fil, Sistemes de
Ràdio -- Antenes
Diversity
Spatial Multiplexing
OFDM
MIMO
DMT
Multiantenna Communication
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Sumario:A contemporary perspective on the tradeoff between transmit antenna diversity and/nspatial multiplexing is provided. It is argued that, in the context of most modern wireless/nsystems and for the operating points of interest, transmission techniques that utilize/nall available spatial degrees of freedom for multiplexing outperform techniques that explicitly/nsacrifice spatial multiplexing for diversity. In the context of such systems, therefore,/nthere essentially is no decision to be made between transmit antenna diversity and spatial/nmultiplexing in MIMO communication. Reaching this conclusion, however, requires that/nthe channel and some key system features be adequately modeled and that suitable performance/nmetrics be adopted; failure to do so may bring about starkly different conclusions. As/na specific example, this contrast is illustrated using the 3GPP Long-Term Evolution system/ndesign.