Multipolarized MIMO channel characteristics: Analytical study and experimental results

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2739-2745

  Quitin, François ^a,b   Oestges, Claude ^b   Horlin, François ^a   De Doncker, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Correlation coefficient; Cross polar discrimination (XPD); Cross polarized; MIMO

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL CHANNEL MODELS; ANTENNA CORRELATION; ANTENNA SYSTEM; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; CO-LOCATED; COMMUNICATION DATA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-POLAR DISCRIMINATION; CROSS-POLAR DISCRIMINATION (XPD); CROSS-POLARIZED; CROSS-POLARIZED ANTENNAS; DEPOLARIZATION BEHAVIOR; FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LAPLACIAN POWER AZIMUTH SPECTRUM; LARGE ANTENNAS; MIMO; MIMO CHANNEL; MIMO TECHNOLOGY; RANDOM ORIENTATIONS; RECEIVER ORIENTATION;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CORRELATION METHODS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MULTIPLEXING; POWER SPECTRUM; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 70349240659     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2027041     Document Type: Article

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