Measurement-based performance evaluation of MIMO HSDPA

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4354-4367

  Mehlführer, Christian ^a   Caban, Sebastian ^a   Rupp, Markus ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Array signal processing; channel quality indicator (CQI); code division multiple access; cross polarization; feedback communication; information rates; multiple inputmultiple output (MIMO) systems; precoding control indicator (PCI); testbed measurements; throughput performance

Indexed keywords

ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING; CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATORS; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; FEEDBACK COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION RATES; MULTIPLE-INPUTMULTIPLE- OUTPUTS; PRECODING; TESTBED MEASUREMENTS; THROUGHPUT PERFORMANCE;

ANTENNAS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); OPTIMIZATION; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TEST FACILITIES; TESTBEDS;

THROUGHPUT;

EID: 77954467798     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2010.2066996     Document Type: Article

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