Channel Multiplexing Technique Utilizing Electric and Magnetic Components of a Radio Wave

Author

Nikravan, M.A. ; Schantz, Hans G. ; Unden, Alfred H. ; Do-Hoon Kwon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA

Volume

18

Issue

2

fYear

2014

fDate

Feb-14

Firstpage

317

Lastpage

320

Abstract

A wireless channel multiplexing method which makes use of the electric and magnetic field components of an electromagnetic wave as separate information carriers is presented. It is based on the observation that the rates of attenuation for electric and magnetic fields with respect to distance are different for electric and magnetic sources in the near-field region. Capacity enhancement is obtained in free space without any scattering. Measured indoor channels at 1 MHz confirm capacity enhancement of the proposed 2 × 2 MIMO link compared with the reference SISO link.

Keywords

MIMO systems; channel capacity; electric fields; electromagnetic waves; indoor environment; magnetic fields; multiplexing; wireless channels; 2 × 2 MIMO link; SISO link; capacity enhancement; electric field components; electromagnetic waves; frequency 1 MHz; magnetic field components; radio waves; wireless channel multiplexing; Channel capacity; Dipole antennas; MIMO; Magnetic separation; Multiplexing; Receivers; Wireless communication; Dipole antennas; MIMO systems; diversity methods; electromagnetic coupling; information rates; multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOMM.2013.122713.132588

Filename

6708141