Characterization of 3D spatial wireless channels

Author

Abhayapala, Thushara D. ; Pollock, Tony S. ; Kennedy, Rodney A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telecommun. Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

123

Abstract

In this paper a novel three dimensional spatial channels model is developed to provide insight into spatial aspects of multiple antenna communication systems. The spherical harmonic representation of wavefields is used to decompose the spatial channel matrix into a product of known and random matrices where the known portion shows the effects of the physical configuration of antenna elements. The model supports any arbitrary antenna array configurations as well as any distribution of scatterers. Possible applications of the model and its usefulness are outlined.

Keywords

MIMO systems; antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; electromagnetic wave scattering; matrix decomposition; radiowave propagation; 3D spatial wireless channel characterization; MIMO systems; ULA; arbitrary antenna array configurations; multiple antenna communication systems; scatterer distribution; spatial channel matrix decomposition; uniformly spaced linear arrays; wavefield spherical harmonic representation; Antenna arrays; Antennas and propagation; Fading; Linear antenna arrays; MIMO; Matrix decomposition; Receiving antennas; Scattering; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2003. VTC 2003-Fall. 2003 IEEE 58th

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7954-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2003.1284991

Filename

1284991