Impact of Antenna Array Geometry on MIMO Channel Eigenvalues
Conference: PIMRC 2005 - 16th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications
09/11/2005 - 09/14/2005 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: PIMRC 2005
Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Abouda, A. A.; El-Sallabi, H. M.; Häggman, S. G. (Helsinki University of Technology, PO Box 3000, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland)
Abstract:
Spatial correlation properties of MIMO channel highly depend on the propagation environment and the antenna array geometry. In this paper the impact of different antenna array geometries on MIMO channel eigenvalues is investigated in realistic microcellular propagation environment under different scenarios. Four different antenna array geometries are considered, namely, uniform linear array, uniform circular array, uniform rectangular array and uniform cubic array. All the considered geometries have same number of elements and fixed inter-element spacing. The uniform linear array geometry shows superiority to the other considered geometries.