Mutual coupling in multi-element array antennas and its influence on MIMO channel capacity

Electronics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 342-344

  Fletcher, P N ^a,b   Dean, M ^a   Nix, A R ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DISTORTION (WAVES); SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

MULTI-ELEMENT ANTENNA (MEA);

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0037456327     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20030219     Document Type: Article

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