Evaluation of indoor MIMO channel capacity with a realistic four-element diversity antenna array on a PDA terminal

Author

Chiau, C.C. ; Gao, Y. ; Chen, X. ; Parini, C.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Queen Mary Univ. of London, UK

fYear

2005

fDate

7-9 March 2005

Firstpage

454

Lastpage

457

Abstract

A simulation study of indoor multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel capacity in a realistic propagation environment using Wireless InSite, a ray tracing simulation tool, is carried out. A realistic mobile station (receiver) consisting of a four-element diversity antenna on a personal digital assistant (PDA) terminal operating at 5.2 GHz is studied. The receiver takes into account mutual coupling and casing effects. The results show that using the four-element diversity antenna on a PDA terminal can offer a significant increase in channel capacity compared to a single-input single-output (SISO) system.

Keywords

MIMO systems; antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; channel capacity; dielectric-loaded antennas; diversity reception; electromagnetic coupling; indoor radio; loop antennas; mobile radio; notebook computers; radio receivers; ray tracing; 5.2 GHz; PDA; casing effects; dielectric loaded antenna; dielectric loaded folded loop antenna element; four-element diversity antenna array; indoor MIMO channel capacity; indoor multiple-input multiple-output channel capacity; mobile station receiver; mutual coupling; personal digital assistant; radiation patterns; ray tracing; single-input single-output system; Antenna arrays; Antennas and propagation; Channel capacity; Dipole antennas; Frequency; MIMO; Mobile antennas; Personal digital assistants; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology: Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials, 2005. IWAT 2005. IEEE International Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8842-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWAT.2005.1461115

Filename

1461115