The Influence of Efficiency on Receive Diversity and MIMO Capacity for Rayleigh-Fading Channels

Author

Valenzuela-Valdés, Juan F. ; García-Fernández, Miguel A. ; Martínez-González, Antonio M. ; Sánchez-Hernández, David A.

Author_Institution

EMITE Ing. SLNE, Murcia

Volume

56

Issue

5

fYear

2008

fDate

5/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1444

Lastpage

1450

Abstract

A previously published guideline for MIMO antenna arrays is refuted. The influence of radiation efficiency on diversity gain and MIMO capacity of wireless communications systems is investigated through simulations and measurements using a reverberation chamber. Integrated antennas on a portable device have efficiencies low enough to disallow typical inter-element correlation assumptions. Both diversity gain and MIMO capacity depend on the number of antennas, SNR and efficiency in a complex way. When the efficiency of antennas is considered, certain system capacity losses are predicted and measured. These losses may be recovered through using more receive elements than commonly recommended or through the addition of a smaller number of more efficient antennas.

Keywords

MIMO communication; Rayleigh channels; antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; diversity reception; MIMO antenna arrays; Rayleigh-fading channel; inter-element correlation assumption; reverberation chamber; wireless communications system; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Channel capacity; Diversity methods; Gain measurement; Guidelines; MIMO; Rayleigh channels; Reverberation chamber; Wireless communication; Diversity gain; channel capacity; multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems; radiation efficiency;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2008.922208

Filename

4512164