Fast converging measurement of MRC diversity gain in reverberation chamber using covariance-eigenvalue approach

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E94-C, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1657-1660

  Chen, Xiaoming ^a   Kildal, Per Simon ^a   Carlsson, Jan ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diversity gain; Eigenvalue; MRC; Reverberation chamber

Indexed keywords

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; REVERBERATION;

CHANNEL MEASUREMENTS; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; DIVERSITY GAIN; EIGEN-VALUE; EIGEN-VALUE APPROACH; MAXIMUM RATIO COMBINING; MRC DIVERSITY; REVERBERATION CHAMBERS;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

EID: 79959675985     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/transele.E94.C.1657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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