Title :
Combining techniques performance analysis in spatially correlated MIMO-PLC systems
Author :
Nikfar, B. ; Vinck, A. J. Han
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
Abstract :
A brief introduction to MIMO-PLC as well as the special case of SIMO-PLC is provided. It is shown that in MIMO-PLC channels, a spatial correlation is inevitable and channels are not spatially independent. A physical as well as a mathematical description of the spatial correlation in MIMO-PLC is provided. Furthermore, two reception diversity techniques, Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC) and Equal Gain Combining (EGC) are studied and numerical results are presented.
Keywords :
MIMO systems; carrier transmission on power lines; correlation methods; diversity reception; EGC; MRC; SIMO-PLC; diversity combining; equal gain combining; maximum ratio combining; performance analysis; reception diversity; spatial correlation; spatially correlated MIMO-PLC systems; Correlation; Covariance matrices; Diversity reception; Mathematical model; Noise; Wireless communication; Wires; MIMO-PLC; Power Line Communication; Space Diversity; Spatial Correlation;
Conference_Titel :
Power Line Communications and Its Applications (ISPLC), 2013 17th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Johannesburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6014-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6015-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISPLC.2013.6525815
