Prediction of variation in MIMO channel capacity for the populated indoor environment using a radar cross-section-based pedestrian model

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1186-1194

  Ziri Castro, Karla I ^a   Scanlon, William G ^a   Evans, Noel E ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Channel capacity; Diversity methods; Fading; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Modeling; Multipath channels; Multiple input multiple output (MIMO); Radar cross section (RCS); Radio propagation; Ray tracing; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RAY TRACING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; UHF DEVICES;

DIVERSITY METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD); MODELING; MULTIPATH CHANNELS; MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO);

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 18844382953     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2005.846974     Document Type: Article

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