Numerical Analysis of Wall Effect on Indoor MIMO Channel Capacity by using MoM-FDTD Hybrid Technique

Author

Yang, Xiaopeng ; Chen, Qiang ; Sawaya, Kunio

Author_Institution

Tohoku Univ., Sendai

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

2979

Lastpage

2982

Abstract

A method-of-moments finite difference time domain (MoM-FDTD) hybrid technique has been proposed to analyze a more accurate MIMO wireless channel model, and save CPU time significantly. Based on the channel transfer matrices obtained by the proposed technique, the effects of wall material and reflectivity have been investigated. It is found that a higher wall reflectivity could cause a higher MIMO channel capacity, so the wall reflection coefficient may be a valuable parameter to analyze the indoor MIMO channel capacity. It is desired that the present numerical results can provide some useful information to deploy the practical indoor MIMO communication system

Keywords

MIMO systems; channel capacity; electromagnetic wave reflection; finite difference time-domain analysis; indoor radio; method of moments; wireless channels; MIMO wireless channel model; MoM-FDTD hybrid technique; channel transfer matrices; indoor MIMO channel capacity; method-of-moments finite difference time domain hybrid technique; multiple input multiple output systems; wall effect; wall material; wall reflection coefficient; Antenna arrays; Antennas and propagation; Channel capacity; Finite difference methods; MIMO; Numerical analysis; Receiving antennas; Scattering; Time domain analysis; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1711233

Filename

1711233