Handheld terminal vs. bodyworn antenna systems: A comparative study of MIMO systems performance

Author

Michalopoulou, A. ; Alexandridis, A.A. ; Zervos, T. ; Peppas, K. ; Lazarakis, F. ; Kaklamani, D.I.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Inf. & Telecommun., Nat. Centre for Sci. Res. Demokritos, Athens, Greece

fYear

2009

fDate

24-25 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper a comparative study of MIMO systems performance is presented by investigating a bodyworn antenna system and a handheld terminal system, taking into account the presence of the user´s body. The effects of the correlation coefficient, the radiation efficiency and the number of receiving antennas on MIMO channel capacity are addressed. Extensive study is carried out to examine how these three parameters influence the performance of the two MIMO systems under study, in order to be able to select between a handheld multiple antennas terminal and a bodyworn multiple antennas system for a MIMO system implementation.

Keywords

MIMO communication; correlation methods; receiving antennas; MIMO systems; bodyworn antenna systems; correlation coefficient; handheld terminal; radiation efficiency; receiving antennas; Biological tissues; Channel capacity; Covariance matrix; Handheld computers; MIMO; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Receiving antennas; System performance; Transmitting antennas; Information rates; MIMO systems; antenna arrays; biological tissues; microstrip antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning, and RFID, 2009. IMWS 2009. IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on

Conference_Location

Cavtat

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5060-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5062-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307865

Filename

5307865