Design and evaluation of a reconfigurable antenna array for MIMO systems

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 869-881

  Piazza, Daniele ^a   Kirsch, Nicholas J ^a   Forenza, Antonio ^b   Heath, Robert W ^c   Dandekar, Kapil R ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b Rearden LLC   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna measurements; Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems; Reconfigurable antennas; Spatial correlation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DIODES; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DIVERSITY RECEPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MIMO SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; WAVELENGTH;

ANTENNA MEASUREMENT; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; SPATIAL CORRELATION COEFFICIENT;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 41649111335     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.916908     Document Type: Article

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