WLC31-2: Capacity of MIMO Rician Fading Channels with Transmitter and Receiver Channel State Information

This paper investigates the capacity of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless systems when instantaneous channel state information (CSI) is available at both the transmitter and the receiver in a line-of-sight Rician fading environment. Specifically, an infinite series representation for the ergodic capacity of uncorrelated Rician fading MIMO channels is derived, assuming both transmitter and receiver CSI and a specular component of arbitrary rank. The ergodic capacity and its associated outage probability are expressed in terms of a cutoff level capturing the optimal eigen-mode power and rate adaptation. Moreover, an equation from which the cutoff value can be solved for numerically is derived for arbitrary numbers of transmit and receive antennas.