A comparative study on the performance of MIMO MRC systems with and without cochannel interference

Author

Kang, Ming ; Alouini, Mohamed-Slim

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Volume

52

Issue

8

fYear

2004

Firstpage

1417

Lastpage

1425

Abstract

This paper presents exact closed-form expressions for the performance of multiple-input/multiple-output systems employing maximal ratio combining in the absence and presence of cochannel interference. The results are applicable to systems operating over Rayleigh fading channels, and in which the minimum number of antenna elements at the transmitter and receiver is two. The mathematical formalism is illustrated by some numerical examples which study the effects of various parameters on the system performance.

Keywords

MIMO systems; Rayleigh channels; antenna arrays; cochannel interference; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; MIMO systems; Rayleigh fading channels; antenna element; cochannel interference; maximal ratio combining system; multiple-input multiple-output systems; receiving antenna; transmitting antenna; wireless communication system; Diversity reception; Fading; Interchannel interference; MIMO; Radiofrequency interference; Rayleigh channels; Receiving antennas; System performance; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas; CCI; Cochannel interference; MIMO; MRC; Rayleigh fading; maximal ratio combining; multiple-input/multiple-output; systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCOMM.2004.833027

Filename

1327858