Capacity Gains of (3 × 3)×(3 × 3) MIMO Fixed Links with Planar Aperiodic Sparse Arrays in Pure-LOS Channels
Paper in proceeding, 2018

© 2018 IEEE. Presented is an analysis of the topology of a 3 × 3 element planar (square) array antenna with vertically polarized isotropic antenna elements. The focus has been on fixed multiple-input multiple-output communication links in pure line-of-sight channels. An empirical equation is presented for the mid-elements' relative position on the sides of the square array achieving near-optimal (3 × 3) × (3 × 3) multiple-input multiple-output capacity. It is observed that the position is a function of both the separation distance between transmit and receive antennas and the wavelength of the transmit signal in a similar way as for 3 × 3 systems with linear arrays. The capacity gains of the aperiodic planar array over the uniform planar array antenna configurations are presented. It is shown that considerable capacity gains in capacity can be obtained by choosing the right array topology following a simple design rule.

aperiodic array antenna

MIMO

Fixed links

sparse array antenna

Author

Andres Alayon Glazunov

University of Twente

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Navid Amani

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Ashraf Uz Zaman

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Marianna Ivashina

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Rob Maaskant

Eindhoven University of Technology

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Proceedings of the 2018 8th IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, APWC 2018

734-736 8503781

8th IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, APWC 2018
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia,

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

Communication Systems

Signal Processing

DOI

10.1109/APWC.2018.8503781

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