Link evaluation of WLAN MIMO systems employing uniform circular arrays under realistic channel conditions

Author

Mahdi, Z. ; Mangoud, M.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Bahrain, Isa Town, Bahrain

fYear

2010

fDate

17-19 Nov. 2010

Firstpage

127

Lastpage

130

Abstract

In this paper, the performance analysis of MIMO WLAN systems employing uniform circular array under different realistic channels is investigated. WLAN devices are typically deployed indoors, thus channel models that matches the realistic office or residential environments were studied and carefully modeled. The developed channel model is based on the cluster modeling approach, where tap-dependent and cluster-dependent angular and power properties are characterized. Based on these parameters, comparative study of the link performance for different geometries and conditions is presented. The effect of existence of line of sight (near/far effect) and optimum power allocations for different sub-channels are also studied.

Keywords

MIMO communication; antenna arrays; indoor radio; wireless LAN; wireless channels; WLAN MIMO systems; channel models; cluster modeling approach; cluster-dependent angular property; link evaluation; multiple-input multiple-output communication; office environments; optimum power allocations; realistic channel conditions; residential environments; tap-dependent angular property; uniform circular arrays; wireless local area networks; MIMO systems; Realistic Channel Model; Uniform Circular Array; Wireless Local Area Network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Systems (ICCS), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapor

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7004-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCS.2010.5686397

Filename

5686397