Effect of fading correlation on capacity of distributed MIMO

Author

Ni, Zhi ; Li, Daoben

Author_Institution

Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., China

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

5-8 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

1637

Abstract

Distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system combines the advantages of point-to-point MIMO systems and distributed antenna systems, and improves link quality and coverage. A distributed MIMO channel model which comprises relative path loss, correlated shadow fading and correlated small scale fading is proposed. The impact of two kinds of fading correlation on capacity of distributed MIMO channel is investigated and compared carefully by Monte Carlo simulations, and the characteristics of capacity space distribution of distributed MIMO channel with spatial shadowing correlation are also obtained.

Keywords

MIMO systems; Monte Carlo methods; antenna arrays; channel capacity; correlation theory; fading channels; radio links; Monte Carlo simulations; distributed antenna systems; distributed channel capacity; fading correlation; link quality; multiple-input multiple-output system; point-to-point MIMO systems; relative path loss; spatial shadowing correlation; Antennas and propagation; Base stations; Channel capacity; Fading; MIMO; Mobile antennas; Optical transmitters; Receiving antennas; Shadow mapping; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2004. PIMRC 2004. 15th IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8523-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2004.1368278

Filename

1368278