Title :
On the beamforming performance of large-scale antenna arrays
Author :
Tsakalaki, E.P. ; Alrabadi, O.N. ; de Carvalho, Elisabeth ; Pedersen, Gert F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Syst., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark
Abstract :
The paper investigates the beamforming (BF) performance of large, potentially unconstrained in size antenna arrays when equipped with arbitrarily many elements. A realistic BF criterion namely the average BF gain is revisited and employed to understand the BF performance of large-scale antennas above a user clutter. Simulation results show diminishing average BF gain returns as the number of antennas increases in low angle spread outdoor channels.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; array signal processing; BF criterion; BF gain returns; BF performance; beamforming performance; large-scale antenna array; low angle spread outdoor channel; size antenna array; Antenna arrays; Gain; MIMO; Vectors; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2012 Loughborough
Conference_Location :
Loughborough
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2218-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2219-5
DOI :
10.1109/LAPC.2012.6403039
