Initial investigation of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels in indoor environments

Author

McNamara, D.P. ; Beach, M.A. ; Fletcher, P.N. ; Karlsson, P.

Author_Institution

Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ., UK

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

139

Lastpage

143

Abstract

Theoretical investigation of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels has shown the potentially huge increases in spectral efficiency that this architecture can offer. The performance of such MIMO systems is dependent on the propagation environment exhibiting sufficient multipath scattering. This paper presents some initial analysis of MIMO channel measurements taken in indoor environments at 5.2 GHz. Outage capacities are calculated and compared between different locations and for different antenna array configurations. Surprisingly, it is shown that the highest channel capacities were actually calculated from data measured in an empty room

Keywords

MIMO systems; channel capacity; electromagnetic wave scattering; indoor radio; multipath channels; MIMO channels; antenna array configurations; channel capacity; indoor environments; multipath scattering; multiple-input multiple-output channels; outage capacities; spectral efficiency; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Channel capacity; Communication standards; Decorrelation; Indoor environments; MIMO; Scattering; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Vehicular Technology, 2000. SCVT-200. Symposium on

Conference_Location

Leuven

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6684-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SCVT.2000.923352

Filename

923352