Experimental evaluation of MIMO capacity and correlation for narrowband body-centric wireless channels

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-202

  Khan, Imdad ^a,b   Hall, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Development Studies   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Correlation; Fading channels; Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) channel capacity; On body channels

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY INCREASE; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; GHZ FREQUENCIES; K-FACTOR; MIMO CAPACITY; MIMO CHANNEL; MULTIPLE ANTENNA; MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) CHANNEL CAPACITY; MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT CHANNEL CAPACITIES; MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT CHANNELS; NARROW BANDS; ON-BODY; PLANAR INVERTED-F ANTENNA; SINGLE INPUT SINGLE OUTPUT; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER; WIRELESS CHANNEL;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; CORRELATION METHODS; FADING (RADIO); LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; MULTIPLEXING;

FADING CHANNELS;

EID: 73949103455     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2025062     Document Type: Article

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