Optimization of Linear Multielement Antennas for Selection Combining by Means of a Butler Matrix in Different MIMO Environments

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3251-3264

  Grau, Alfred ^a   De Flaviis, Franco ^a   Romeu, Jordi ^b   Blanch, Sebastián ^b   Jofre, Lluis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beamforming gain; Butler matrix; channel capacity; diversity gair; linear multielement antenna; multiple input; multiple output (MIMO); selection combining

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008006363     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.883971     Document Type: Article

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