An antenna-channel-antenna modeling methodology for estimating MIMO system performance

Author

Schamberger, Mark ; Buris, Nicholas ; Navsariwala, Umesh

Author_Institution

Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL

fYear

2008

fDate

5-11 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Link budget analysis of SISO communication systems involves the usual parameters of antenna gains and path loss through the channel. For MIMO systems, however, the traditional metrics (including mean effective gain) are insufficient for predicting link performance. For SISO systems, it is practical to isolate the antennas and channel as separate blocks. For MIMO systems, it is necessary to consider the complete antenna-channel-antenna interface in order to accurately predict link performance. This paper offers a precise formulation of the ant-channel-ant interface and demonstrates its usefulness by simple example.

Keywords

MIMO communication; antenna arrays; MIMO system performance estimation; SISO communication systems; ant-channel-ant interface; antenna-channel-antenna modeling methodology; link budget analysis; Antennas and propagation; Impedance; Joining processes; MIMO; Polarization; Receiving antennas; System performance; Transfer functions; Transmitting antennas; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2041-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2042-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2008.4619164

Filename

4619164