Array Configuration Effect on the Spatial Correlation of MU-MIMO Channels in NLoS Environments
Paper in proceeding, 2020

In this paper, three different base-station antenna (BSA) configurations are compared in terms of inter-user spatial correlation in a two dimensional (2D) non-line-of-sight (NLoS) environment. The three configurations are: (i) a regular uniform linear array (ULA); (ii) a periodic sparse array; and (iii) an aperiodic sparse array. Electromagnetic modeling of the NLoS channel is proposed where scatterers are considered as resonant dipoles confined in clusters of scatterers (CoSs). While the probability of facing highly correlated user-equipments (UEs) in a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) system is decreasing as the richness of mutipath increases, the sparsity (increased inter-element spacing) is seen to be capable of reducing this probability as well. This is due to the larger spatial variations experienced by the sparse array. Moreover, the results show that further improvement can be achieved by deploying an aperiodic distribution of antenna elements into the sparse antenna aperture.

sparse array

Multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU- MIMO)

non-line-of-sight (NLoS)

spatial correlation

Author

Navid Amani

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

A. Farsaei

Eindhoven University of Technology

Ulf Gustavsson

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Thomas Eriksson

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

F. M.J. Willems

Eindhoven University of Technology

Marianna Ivashina

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Rob Maaskant

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2020

Vol. 2020 March 9135446
978-883129900-8 (ISBN)

14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
Copenhagen, Denmark,

Silicon-based Ka-band massive MIMO antenna systems for new telecommunication services (SILIKA)

European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/721732), 2016-09-01 -- 2020-08-31.

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

Communication Systems

Signal Processing

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Innovation and entrepreneurship

DOI

10.23919/EuCAP48036.2020.9135446

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