Bit error rates for a MIMO system in Rayleigh and Rician channels

Author

Haustein, T. ; Jorswieck, E. ; Jungnickel, V. ; Krueger, U. ; Pohl, V. ; von Helmolt, C.

Author_Institution

Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH, Germany

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1984

Abstract

Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems, being under intensive research nowadays, are discussed under the aspect of bit error rates (BER) that can be achieved in indoor scenarios. This paper focuses on the influence of antenna diversity, a line of sight (LOS) signal and channel estimation errors onto the BER using BPSK and 16-QAM modulation. The developed simulation environment allows us to determine the necessary accuracy for channel estimation to achieve the desired BER performance in a MIMO channel under certain constraints like number of antennas, modulation scheme etc

Keywords

MIMO systems; Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; diversity reception; error statistics; indoor radio; phase shift keying; quadrature amplitude modulation; simulation; 16-QAM; BER; BPSK; LOS signal; MIMO channel; Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; antenna diversity; bit error rates; channel estimation errors; indoor radio; line of sight signal; modulation; multiple input multiple output systems; performance; simulation environment; Bit error rate; Channel estimation; Equations; Error analysis; MIMO; Receiving antennas; Rician channels; Signal to noise ratio; Transmitters; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2001. VTC 2001 Fall. IEEE VTS 54th

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7005-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTC.2001.957091

Filename

957091