Multipath signal effect on the capacity of MIMO, MIMO-OFDM and spread MIMO-OFDM

Author

Uthansakul, Peerapong ; Bialkowski, Marek E.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Electr. Eng., Queensland Univ., Brisbane, Qld., Australia

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

17-19 May 2004

Firstpage

989

Abstract

MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output), MIMO-OFDM (MIMO orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) and spread MIMO-OFDM systems are considered as candidates for future broadband wireless services. In order to compare their performances, the effects of multipath signal propagation on the capacity, under both single and multi-user channel, are examined. The inter-symbol interference (ISI) is used as a suitable measure of multipath effect. The obtained results show that the multipath has more influence on the capacity of MIMO than MIMO-OFDM and spread MIMO-OFDM. In addition, spread MIMO-OFDM offers more average capacity than MIMO under both single and multi-user channel. In comparison with MIMO-OFDM, the´ capacity of spread MIMO-OFDM is higher under the condition of the multi-user channel scenario.

Keywords

MIMO systems; OFDM modulation; broadband networks; intersymbol interference; multiuser channels; radio networks; MIMO-OFDM system; broadband wireless services; intersymbol interference; multipath signal effect; multipath signal propagation; multiple-input multiple-output system; multiuser channel; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; single channel; spread MIMO-OFDM system; Fading; Gallium nitride; Intersymbol interference; MIMO; Multiaccess communication; Noise measurement; OFDM; Receiving antennas; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, 2004. MIKON-2004. 15th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

83-906662-7-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIKON.2004.1358536

Filename

1358536