Title :
Analysis of antenna location and polarization on Indoor cellular MIMO performance
Author :
van Jaarsveld, P.A. ; Mayhew-Ridgers, G.
Author_Institution :
Vodacom (Pty) Ltd., Sandton, South Africa
Abstract :
As it is well known, MIMO channel capacity is dependent on favorable channel conditions. The antenna component is an integral part in the propagation channel, and certain antenna radiation parameters would influence the channel conditions. The impact of various antenna configurations on an indoor MIMO Radio Channel is investigated by measurement and simulation. Various antenna locations with single and dual polarized configurations in an indoor scattering environment are evaluated. A single dual-polarized omnidirectional antenna is found to provide similar or better performance results related to two spatial de-correlated singular-polarized antennas.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; cellular radio; channel capacity; electromagnetic wave polarisation; electromagnetic wave scattering; indoor radio; wireless channels; MIMO channel capacity; antenna configurations; antenna location analysis; antenna polarization analysis; antenna radiation parameters; channel conditions; dual polarized configurations; indoor MIMO radio channel; indoor cellular MIMO performance; indoor scattering environment; propagation channel; spatial decorrelated singular-polarized antennas; Antenna measurements; Correlation; Downlink; Omnidirectional antennas; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 2012 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0404-7
DOI :
10.1109/APWC.2012.6324953
