Performance improvement of long distance MIMO links using cross polarized antennas

Proceedings of the Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1287-1292

  Vella, Jean Marie ^a   Zammit, Saviour ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL SPACINGS; COMMUNICATION LINKS; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; CROSS-POLARIZED ANTENNAS; FRAME AGGREGATION; IEEE 802.11G; IEEE 802.11N; IEEE 802.11S; LONG DISTANCES; MAC LAYER; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; MIMO LINKS; MIMO TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; POLARIZATION DIVERSITY; RECEIVE ANTENNA; SISO SYSTEMS; TRANSMIT POWER;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; DECODING; MIMO SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

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EID: 77954305985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MELCON.2010.5475954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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