Title :
Analyzing the benefits of pattern diversity for MIMO wireless systems
Author :
Sworo, George D. ; Dandekar, Kapil R. ; Kam, Moshe
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
We investigate the benefits of pattern diversity from using reconfigurable antenna arrays relative to conventional non-reconfigurable arrays that use signal processing techniques such as antenna grouping. The performance of various MIMO antenna mode selection algorithms are experimentally analyzed and benchmarked. Our performance evaluation is based on a measurement campaign employing a software-defined-radio MIMO testbed. Our findings demonstrate relative performance improvements from using pattern diversity at certain conditions.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; antenna arrays; diversity reception; software radio; MIMO antenna mode selection algorithms; MIMO wireless systems; pattern diversity; reconfigurable antenna array; software defined radio; Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; MIMO; Training; Transmitting antennas; Wireless communication; Antenna Selection Techniques; MIMO Systems; Pattern Reconfigurable Antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Garden Grove, CA
DOI :
10.1109/ICCNC.2015.7069483
