Combining techniques performance analysis in spatially correlated MIMO-PLC systems

Author

Nikfar, B. ; Vinck, A. J. Han

Author_Institution

Univ. of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

24-27 March 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

A brief introduction to MIMO-PLC as well as the special case of SIMO-PLC is provided. It is shown that in MIMO-PLC channels, a spatial correlation is inevitable and channels are not spatially independent. A physical as well as a mathematical description of the spatial correlation in MIMO-PLC is provided. Furthermore, two reception diversity techniques, Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC) and Equal Gain Combining (EGC) are studied and numerical results are presented.

Keywords

MIMO systems; carrier transmission on power lines; correlation methods; diversity reception; EGC; MRC; SIMO-PLC; diversity combining; equal gain combining; maximum ratio combining; performance analysis; reception diversity; spatial correlation; spatially correlated MIMO-PLC systems; Correlation; Covariance matrices; Diversity reception; Mathematical model; Noise; Wireless communication; Wires; MIMO-PLC; Power Line Communication; Space Diversity; Spatial Correlation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and Its Applications (ISPLC), 2013 17th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Johannesburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6014-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-6015-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2013.6525815

Filename

6525815