Performance study of pattern reconfigurable antennas in MIMO communication systems

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 231-236

  Boerman, Joshua D ^a,b   Bernhard, Jennifer T ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna; Reconfigurable antennas

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIVERSITY RECEPTION; MIMO SYSTEMS; RADIO COMMUNICATION;

ANTENNA DIVERSITY; ANTENNA GAIN; MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) ANTENNA; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 39449095144     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.913141     Document Type: Article

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