Sensitivity analysis of compact antenna arrays in correlated Nakagami fading channels

Author

Luo, Jianxia ; Zeidler, James ; McLaughlin, Stephen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1677

Abstract

This paper presents the average error probability performance of a compact space diversity receiver for the reception of coherent binary PSK signals through a correlated Nakagami (1960) fading channel. Analytical expression of the average BER is derived as a function of the covariance matrix of the multipath component signals at the antenna elements. The sensitivity of the performance to the operating environment (fading, angular spread, mean angle-of-arrival and input branch SNR) and the antenna array configuration (diversity order, antenna separation and electromagnetic coupling) is investigated

Keywords

antenna arrays; array signal processing; correlation methods; covariance matrices; direction-of-arrival estimation; diversity reception; electromagnetic coupling; error statistics; fading channels; land mobile radio; multipath channels; phase shift keying; radio receivers; sensitivity analysis; Gaussian angular power profile; angular spread; antenna array configuration; antenna elements; antenna separation; average BER; average error probability performance; cochannel interference; coherent binary PSK signals reception; compact antenna arrays; compact space diversity receiver; correlated Nakagami fading channels; covariance matrix; diversity order; electromagnetic coupling; fading; input branch SNR; mean angle-of-arrival; mobile wireless communication; multipath component signals; sensitivity analysis; spatial correlation coefficients; Antenna accessories; Antenna arrays; Bit error rate; Covariance matrix; Electromagnetic coupling; Error probability; Fading; Phase shift keying; Sensitivity analysis; Signal analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2000. IEEE-VTS Fall VTC 2000. 52nd

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6507-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2000.886111

Filename

886111