Effect of Array Geometry on the Capacity of Outdoor MIMO Communication: A Study

Abstract

MIMO systems have gained immense attention in the recent times for supporting high data rates and reliability. Different MIMO channel models have been proposed in the literature. Geometrically based single bounce one ring channel model is a widely used technique for modeling the channel. Evaluation of the performance of the channel has been widely studied under a uniform linear and circular array assumption. Other easily implementable array geometries require to be explored. In this paper four different array geometries each having four elements have been studied