Spatial correlation for a circular antenna array and its applications in wireless communication

Author

Zhou, J. ; Sasaki, S. ; Muramatsu, S. ; Kikuchi, H. ; Onozato, Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Niigata Univ., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

1-5 Dec. 2003

Firstpage

1108

Abstract

In this paper, we derive spatial correlation functions of linear and circular antenna arrays for three types of angular energy distributions: a Gaussian angle distribution, the angular energy distribution arising from a Gaussian spatial distribution, and uniform angular distribution. The spatial correlation functions are investigated carefully. The spatial correlation is a function of antenna spacing, array geometry and the angular energy distribution. In order to emphasize the research and their applications in diversity reception, as an example, performance of the antenna arrays with MRC in correlated Nakagami fading channels is investigated, in which analytical formulas of average BER for the spatial correlation are obtained.

Keywords

Gaussian distribution; diversity reception; error statistics; fading channels; linear antenna arrays; mobile communication; BER; Gaussian angle distribution; Gaussian spatial distribution; angular energy distribution; array geometry; bit error rate; circular antenna array; correlated Nakagami fading channel; diversity reception; linear antenna array; spatial correlation; wireless mobile communication; Antenna arrays; Antennas and propagation; Bit error rate; Diversity methods; Diversity reception; Fading; Geometry; Linear antenna arrays; Performance analysis; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2003. GLOBECOM '03. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7974-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2003.1258410

Filename

1258410