Title :
On the capacity gain from antenna correlation in multi-user MIMO systems
Author :
Wang, Hao ; Wang, Peng ; Ping, Li
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
In this paper, we consider multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems over either multiple access channels (MACs) or broadcast channels (BCs). Contrary to common views, we show that antenna correlation at the mobile unit (MU), the base station (BS) or both sides can be potentially beneficial for such systems. Both asymptotic analysis and numerical results indicate that antenna correlation can provide a significant capacity gain in multi-user environments.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; antenna arrays; broadcast channels; channel capacity; correlation methods; multi-access systems; multiuser channels; MAC; antenna correlation; asymptotic analysis; base station; broadcast channels; capacity gain; mobile unit; multiple access channels; multiuser MIMO systems; multiuser environments; multiuser multiple-input multiple-output systems; Correlation; Fading; MIMO; Transmitting antennas; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Communications (ICC), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2052-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-3607
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2012.6364231
