Title :
A comparative study of WiMAX subscriber equipment antennas
Author :
Navsariwala, U. ; Schirmacher, M. ; Buris, N. ; Schamberger, M.
Author_Institution :
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL
Abstract :
While single antenna system performance can suffer in multipath environments multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna systems can take advantage of rich multipath and offer significant cost-performance benefits. Therefore, performance with MIMO systems has to be assessed referenced to the environment. This paper presents a study of WiMAX MIMO antenna modules in various environments. It is shown that lower gain antennas in rich multipath offer very cost efficient alternatives to higher gain antennas.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; WiMax; antenna arrays; WiMAX MIMO antenna; WiMAX subscriber equipment antennas; antenna gain; multiple input multiple output antenna systems; single antenna system; Antenna radiation patterns; Antennas and propagation; Delay; Fading; MIMO; Receiving antennas; Signal to noise ratio; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas; WiMAX;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2009. EuCAP 2009. 3rd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4753-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-3-00-024573-2
