• DocumentCode
    1719383
  • Title

    The effect of path loss variations on the capacity of MIMO systems

  • Author

    Pohl, Volker ; Jungnickel, Volker ; Haustein, Thomas ; Von Helmolt, Clemens

  • Author_Institution
    Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH, Germany
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    458
  • Lastpage
    462
  • Abstract
    Flat fading MIMO channels are often modelled by a transfer matrix with independent but identically distributed (i.i.d) complex random numbers. Measurements indicate that the assumption of an identical distribution of all matrix entries is not fulfilled, at least for some antenna configurations. We adapt the channel model to include this observation and study the influence on the capacity and performance of MIMO systems. The results are compared with measurements.
  • Keywords
    MIMO systems; channel capacity; error statistics; fading channels; loss measurement; matrix algebra; radiowave propagation; random processes; transient response; BER; MIMO system capacity; MIMO system performance; antenna configurations; channel model; flat fading MIMO channels; i.i.d complex random numbers; independent identically distributed complex random numbers; path loss variations; time invariant impulse response; transfer matrix;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Personal Mobile Communications Conference, 2003. 5th European (Conf. Publ. No. 492)
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-85296-753-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp:20030297
  • Filename
    1350235