Indoor MIMO channel modeling by rigorous GO/UTD-based ray tracing

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 680-692

  Loredo, Susana ^a   Rodríguez Alonso, Alberto ^a,b   Torres, Rafael P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b University Institute of Oncology of the Principality of Asturias   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Array antennas; Channel capacity; Channel measurements; Channel modeling; Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) channel; Wireless communications

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CORRELATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RAY TRACING; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CHANNEL MODELING; GEOMETRIC OPTICS; UNIFORM THEORY OF DIFFRACTION;

MIMO SYSTEMS;

EID: 41949095130     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2007.906362     Document Type: Article

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