Characterize the indoor multipath propagation for MIMO communications

Author

Tang, Zhongwei ; Mohan, Ananda S.

Author_Institution

Microwave & Wireless Technol. Res. Lab., Sydney Univ. of Technol., NSW, Australia

Volume

4

fYear

2005

fDate

4-7 Dec. 2005

Abstract

In this paper, the statistic relationship between the characteristics of multipaths and the performance of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems in indoor environments is explored using channel measurements. Our investigations demonstrate the terminology of richness, which is generally used to characterize the multipath propagation, highly relates to the number of effective multipaths, their carried power and their angular features. A novel dimensionless parameter, angular spread factor, is proposed in this work.

Keywords

MIMO systems; channel capacity; indoor communication; multipath channels; radiowave propagation; MIMO capacity; MIMO communications; MIMO systems; angular spread factor; channel measurements; indoor multipath propagation; multiple-input multiple-output systems; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Channel capacity; Data processing; Dipole antennas; Frequency measurement; MIMO; Microwave technology; Rayleigh channels; Wavelength measurement; Indoor Ricean channel; LOS; MIMO capacity; Ricean K factor; SAGE;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference Proceedings, 2005. APMC 2005. Asia-Pacific Conference Proceedings

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9433-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2005.1606922

Filename

1606922