Abstract
The application of smart antenna technology to wireless communication systems has attracted considerable attention over the last decade or so, as a means of capacity enhancement. Here, the application of space-time processing using a single antenna array at the base-station has been considered in order to obtain interference reduction (both co-channel and multipath) as well as range extension. The application of dual antenna array architectures to create multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) configurations, has attracted considerable interest both within academia and industry as a means of providing significant capacity gains over conventional array-based enhancement methods. This paper provides an introduction to these MIMO communication systems and explains how such capacity gains can be achieved using this technology
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | IEE International Conference on Antennas and Propagation, 2001 |
Publisher | Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) |
Pages | 231 - 235 |
Volume | 1 |
ISBN (Print) | 0852967330 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2001 |
Bibliographical note
Sponsorship: The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the UK EPSRC, DERA and the CEC IST SATURN project in conjunction with the preparation of this paperOther identifier: IEE Conf. Publ. No. 480
Keywords
- MIMO systems
- space-time adaptive processing
- channel capacity
- array signal processing
- adaptive antenna arrays