Combined effect of polarization diversity and mutual coupling on MIMO capacity

Author

Fakhereddin, M.J. ; Dandekar, K.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

495

Abstract

This paper examines the combined effect of varying antenna polarization and mutual coupling in a generic non line of sight (NLOS) environment on multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system´s performance. Simulations at various inter-element spacing and antenna polarization are conducted in an obstructed street alley environment. This introduces variations in pattern diversity that can potentially benefit channel performance. Our goal is to finally relate this study to the design of antenna arrays for practical mobile terminals.

Keywords

MIMO systems; antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; computational electromagnetics; coupled circuits; diversity reception; electromagnetic wave polarisation; mobile radio; CEM; MIMO; MIMO capacity; NLOS environment; antenna arrays; antenna polarization; antenna radiation pattern; channel performance; inter-element spacing; mobile systems; mobile terminals; multiple-input multiple-output system; mutual coupling; nonline of sight environment; obstructed street alley environment; pattern diversity variations; polarization diversity; Antenna arrays; Antennas and propagation; Computational modeling; Computer vision; Dipole antennas; Electromagnetic propagation; MIMO; Mobile antennas; Mutual coupling; Polarization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE

Conference_Location

Columbus, OH, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7846-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2003.1219283

Filename

1219283