Impact of spatial correlation of fading channels on the performance of MIMO underwater communication systems

Author

Cross, Jesse ; Zhang, Jian ; Zheng, Yahong Rosa

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Missouri Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Rolla, MO, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

7-10 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

430

Lastpage

434

Abstract

The spatial and intertap correlation matrices of fading channels are first estimated for underwater multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems using real experimental data. We confirm that underwater MIMO channels exhibit strong spatial and temporal correlation. The bit error rate (BER) performance of the MIMO system at different correlation scenarios are also evaluated with computer simulation. At BER=0.01%, the required SNR of highly correlated channel is 5 dB higher than the i.i.d. channel. BER results of the experimental data also quantitatively show the performance degradation caused by the correlation.

Keywords

MIMO communication; correlation methods; error statistics; fading channels; matrix algebra; underwater acoustic communication; BER performance; MIMO systems; MIMO underwater communication systems; SNR; bit error rate performance; computer simulation; correlated channel; correlation scenarios; fading channels; intertap correlation matrices; performance degradation; real experimental data; spatial correlation; temporal correlation; underwater MIMO channels; underwater multiple input multiple output systems; Bit error rate; Correlation; Fading; MIMO; Receivers; Transmitters; Underwater acoustics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE, 2011 - MILCOM 2011

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

ISSN

2155-7578

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0079-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2011.6127707

Filename

6127707