Analysis of antenna location and polarization on Indoor cellular MIMO performance

Abstract

As it is well known, MIMO channel capacity is dependent on favorable channel conditions. The antenna component is an integral part in the propagation channel, and certain antenna radiation parameters would influence the channel conditions. The impact of various antenna configurations on an indoor MIMO Radio Channel is investigated by measurement and simulation. Various antenna locations with single and dual polarized configurations in an indoor scattering environment are evaluated. A single dual-polarized omnidirectional antenna is found to provide similar or better performance results related to two spatial de-correlated singular-polarized antennas.