Title
The effect of finite antenna separation on the performance of spatial diversity receivers.
Abstract
The wireless communications channel is commonly modelled as imposing a Rayleigh distributed envelope onto any incumbent signals. Antenna arrays have long been recognised as enabling exploitation of signal spatial diversity in such an environment based upon the assumption of uncorrelated signals at the different antennas. However, it is precisely the relative positions of the antennas which determine the extent of the correlation. We consider the effects on receiver output SNR performance, of the maximum ratio combining and equal gain combining diversity schemes, of the relative positions of antennas in a uniform linear array compared with the standard Rayleigh fading model. Such a comparison is possible via a spatially based SIMO model. The insights gained allow the possibility of determining optimal antenna configurations for given output performance measures.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1109/ISSPA.2003.1224927
SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SIGNAL PROCESSING AND ITS APPLICATIONS, VOL 2, PROCEEDINGS
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
rayleigh fading,antenna array,maximum ratio combining,spatial diversity,rayleigh scattering,fading,wireless communication,radio receivers
Conference
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
3
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Haley M. Jones1866.06
Anindita Saha210.69
Thushara D. Abhayapala345477.94