• DocumentCode
    1757461
  • Title

    Link Performance Bounds of MIMO Transmit Beamforming Systems Operating over Generalized Fading Channels

  • Author

    Ermolova, Natalia Y. ; Tirkkonen, Olav

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Commun. & Networking, Aalto Univ., Aalto, Finland
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    41518
  • Firstpage
    1696
  • Lastpage
    1699
  • Abstract
    In this letter, we prove that link performance bounds of multiple-input multiple-output transmit beamforming systems employing maximal ratio combining at the receiver and operating over arbitrary ergodic fading channels can be obtained by analyzing receiver diversity systems operating over specially constructed virtual radio channels.
  • Keywords
    MIMO communication; array signal processing; fading channels; MIMO transmit beamforming systems; arbitrary ergodic fading channels; generalized fading channels; link performance bounds; multiple-input multiple-output transmit beamforming systems; receiver diversity system analysis; virtual radio channels; Diversity reception; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Error analysis; Fading; MIMO; Receivers; Signal to noise ratio; Generalized fading distributions; MIMO systems; maximal ratio combining; transmit beamforming;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2013.080813.130990
  • Filename
    6584533