Antenna effects on the capacity of MIMO communications systems in Rayleigh channels

Author

Skafidas, E. ; Evans, R.J.

Author_Institution

Bandspeed Inc., Austin, TX, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

5-8 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

617

Abstract

Multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) is a new technology that promises to significantly increase the capacity of wireless communication systems. MIMO technology increases capacity by exploiting the multipath channel. Unfortunately results presented in the literature (Gesbert et al., Smith et al.) neglect antenna effects. This paper investigates the effect that parameters such as number, spacing, coupling and far field antenna patterns of antennas have on the capacity of MIMO systems in Rayleigh channels.

Keywords

MIMO systems; Rayleigh channels; antenna radiation patterns; channel capacity; multipath channels; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; MIMO communications systems; Rayleigh channels; antenna coupling; antenna effects; antenna number; antenna spacing; capacity; far field antenna patterns; multipath channel; multiple input and multiple output channels; wireless communication systems; Antenna theory; Antennas and propagation; Equations; Frequency; MIMO; Pattern analysis; Rayleigh channels; Rayleigh scattering; Receiving antennas; Transfer functions;

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.2004.1370944

Filename

1370944