Integration of non-linear, radiation, and propagation CAD techniques for MIMO link design

International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-232

  Rizzoli, Vittorio ^a   Costanzo, Alessandra ^a   Masotti, Diego ^a   Aldrigo, Martino ^a   Donzelli, Francesco ^a   Esposti, Vittorio Degli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BER; channel modeling; EM analysis; MIMO; non linear CAD

Indexed keywords

ARRAY ELEMENTS; BER; CHANNEL MODELING; CIRCUIT LEVELS; CIRCUIT-LEVEL SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; EM ANALYSIS; EM THEORY; FAR-FIELD; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; MIMO LINKS; MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT; MULTI-PORT; MULTI-PORT NETWORK; MULTIPORT ANTENNA; MUTUAL COUPLING; NEAR-FIELD; NONLINEAR CIRCUIT; RADIATING SYSTEMS; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE; RECEIVER ANTENNAS; RECEIVING ARRAYS; SPATIAL LOCATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; TRANSMITTERS;

MIMO SYSTEMS;

EID: 84860820092     PISSN: 17590787     EISSN: 17590795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1759078711001061     Document Type: Article

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