Effects of mutual coupling on capacity of MIMO vehicle-to-vehicle systems

This paper proposes a three-dimensional (3-D) model for narrowband multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) vehicle-to-vehicle (V-to-V) multipath fading channels that accounts for mutual coupling among both, transmit and receive antenna elements. This model is used to evaluate the effect of mutual coupling on the antenna element patterns and capacity of MIMO V-to-V systems in a variety of urban environments.