Evaluation of the performance of multiantenna terminals using a new approach

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1804-1813

  Suvikunnas, Pasi ^a   Villanen, Juha ^a   Sulonen, Kati ^b   Icheln, Clemes ^a   Ollikainen, Jani ^c   Vainikainen, Pertti ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b ACADEMY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna evaluation methods; Channel estimation algorithms; Diversity antenna arrangements; Diversity systems; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication systems; Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antennas; Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DIVERSITY RECEPTION; EVALUATION; MOBILE ANTENNAS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANTENNA EVALUATION METHODS; CHANNEL-ESTIMATION ALGORITHMS; EXPERIMENTAL PLANE-WAVE-BASED METHOD; MULTIANTENNA SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) ANTENNAS; MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) SYSTEMS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749320395     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2006.873815     Document Type: Article

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