Comparison of MIMO antenna configurations in picocell and microcell environments

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 703-712

  Sulonen, Kati ^a   Suvikunnas, Pasi ^a   Vuokko, Lasse ^a   Kivinen, Jarmo ^a   Vainikainen, Pertti ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antenna configuration; Base station antenna; Mobile terminal antenna; Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) measurements

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DIVERSITY RECEPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MOBILE ANTENNAS; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIO TRANSMITTERS;

BASE STATION ANTENNA; MICROCELL; MOBILE TERMINAL ANTENNA; MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT ANTENNA; PICOCELL;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0038575129     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2003.810297     Document Type: Article

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