DocumentCode
2239702
Title
Impact of spatial correlation in the fading channel on the performance of a multi-antenna system
Author
Roberts, R.S. ; Sweeney, P. ; Saunders, S.R.
Author_Institution
Centre for Commun. Syst. Res., Univ. of Surrey, UK
fYear
2001
fDate
12 Dec. 2001
Firstpage
42705
Lastpage
42709
Abstract
Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication systems can deliver the maximum capacity potential in an ideal channel with rich scattering and uncorrelated fading between paths. Fading correlation is an undesirable effect arising from factors in the propagation environment and the geometry of the antenna arrays. We study the impact of fading correlation on the error-rate performance of a space-time trellis-coded multi-antenna system, under a range of correlation levels at the transmit and receive ends, and identify trends from the observations.
Keywords
MIMO systems; diversity reception; electromagnetic wave scattering; error statistics; fading channels; radio links; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; trellis codes; MIMO communication systems; coding gains; diversity gains; error-rate performance; fading channel; fading correlation; multi-antenna system; multi-antenna transceiver; multi-input multi-output communication systems; radio link; rich scattering; space-time trellis-coding; spatial correlation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
MIMO: Communications Systems from Concept to Implementations (Ref. No. 2001/175), IEE Seminar on
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/ic:20010202
Filename
1031878
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