Keywords
MIMO communication, electromagnetic coupling, fading channels, finite difference time-domain analysis
Abstract
Previous results for correlated block-fading MIMO channels with covariance information indicate guaranteed capacity growth with additional transmit elements and that in rapidly fading channels, vanishing element spacing maximizes capacity. However, because prior analysis neglects antenna electromagnetic coupling, the observations are not necessarily valid for small inter-element spacing. This work applies radiated power considerations to the analysis to demonstrate that additional elements do not always increase capacity and that vanishing element spacing is not optimal. An effective gain metric is introduced that quantifies the performance increase with additional transmitters in the presence of transmit correlation and mutual coupling. Performance simulations using the electromagnetic properties of uniform linear arrays characterized by closed form expressions for Hertzian dipoles and detailed finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations of half-wave dipoles illustrate that capacity gains arc possible when correlation stems from directional bias in the channel but not when it arises due to compact element spacing.
Original Publication Citation
Wallace, J. W., and M. A. Jensen. "Electromagnetic Considerations for Communicating on Correlated MIMO Channels with Covariance Information." Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on 7.2 (28): 543-51
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Jensen, Michael A. and Wallace, Jon W., "Electromagnetic considerations for communicating on correlated MIMO channels with covariance information" (2008). Faculty Publications. 207.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/207
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2008-02-01
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/1048
Publisher
IEEE
Language
English
College
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Copyright Status
© 2008 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.
Copyright Use Information
http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/