Frequency-domain methodology for measuring MIMO channels using a generic test bed

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 827-838

  Gutiérrez, Jesús ^a   González, Óscar ^a   Pérez, Jesús ^a   Ramírez, David ^a   Vielva, Luis ^a   Ibáñez, Jesús ^a   Santamaría, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Estimation; frequency estimation; MIMO systems; multipath channels; signal detection; signal processing; spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

BASE BANDS; CHANNEL MEASUREMENTS; COMPLEX EXPONENTIALS; DIGITAL PROCESSING; DUAL-BAND; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; MIMO CHANNEL; MIMO TESTBEDS; MULTIPATH CHANNELS; MULTIPLE-INPUT-MULTIPLE-OUTPUT; OFFLINE; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DECODING; DIGITAL RADIO; EQUIPMENT TESTING; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MIMO SYSTEMS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEST FACILITIES;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

EID: 79951662587     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2082432     Document Type: Article

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