Space-time-state block coded MIMO communication systems using reconfigurable antennas

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 6019-6029

  Fazel, Fatemeh ^a   Grau, Alfred ^a   Jafarkhani, Hamid ^a   De Flaviis, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

MIMO; Reconfigurable antenna; Space time codes; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY GAIN; HANDSET DEVICE; MIMO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; SELECTION METHODS; SELECTION SCHEME; SIMULATION RESULT; SPACE LIMITATIONS; SPACE TIME CODE; SWITCHING DELAY; SWITCHING SCHEME; TRANSMISSION SCHEMES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS LINK;

BLOCK CODES; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MULTIPLEXING; SWITCHING; TRANSMISSIONS; TRANSMITTERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 73049085941     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2009.12.080876     Document Type: Article

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