eprintid: 323 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 5 dir: disk0/00/00/03/23 datestamp: 2011-03-25 lastmod: 2013-07-02 09:44:19 status_changed: 2013-07-02 09:44:19 type: techreport metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Migliore, Marco Donald creators_name: Pinchera, D. creators_name: Massa, Andrea creators_name: Azaro, Renzo creators_name: Schettino, F. creators_name: Lizzi, Leonardo title: An Investigation on UWB-MIMO Communication Systems based on an Experimental Channel Characterization ispublished: pub subjects: TU full_text_status: public keywords: Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) , spatial diversity gain , spatial multiplexing gain , ultrawideband (UWB) abstract: The advantages of MIMO technology in UWB communication systems are investigated evaluating the channel capacity from measurements taken in indoor environments. The results suggest that in practical instances spatial diversity is more attractive than spatial multiplexing for UWB systems. (c) 2008 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other users, including reprinting/ republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted components of this work in other works. date: 2008-09 date_type: published institution: University of Trento department: informaticat refereed: TRUE referencetext: [1] V. P. Tran and A. Sibille, "Spatial multiplexing in UWB MIMO Communications"; Electronic Lett., vol. 42 no. 16, pp. 931-932, Aug. 2006. [2] A. Rajagopalan, G. Gupta, A. S. Konanur, B. Hughes, and G. Lazzi, "Increasing channel capacity of an Ultrawideband MIMO system using vector antennas", IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 55, no. 10, pp. 2280- 2287, Oct. 2007. [3] C. Sturm, M. Porebska, J. Timmermann, and W. Wiesbeck"Investigations on the applicability of diversity techniques in Ultra Wideband radio"; in Proc. ICEAA, pp. 889-902, 2007. [4] T. M. Cover and, J. A. Thomas. Elements of Information Theory, Wiley Series in Telecommunications, New York, 1991. [5] M. D. Migliore "On the Role of the Number of Degrees of Freedom of the Field in MIMO Channel", IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 620-628, Feb. 2006. [6] A. Paulray, R. Nabar, and D. Gore. Introduction to Space-Time Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press, 2003. [7] L. Lizzi, F. Viani, R. Azaro, and A. Massa, "Optimization of a spline-shaped UWB antenna by PSO"; IEEE Antennas Wireless Propagat. Lett., vol. 6, pp. 182-185, 2007 [8] IEEE 802.15 Working Group, "Parameter assumptions for the simulation of the proposed 802.15.3a PHYs", http://www.ieee802.org/15/pub/04/15-04-0488-00-003a-parameter-assumptionssimulation-proposed-802-15-3a-phys.doc. citation: Migliore, Marco Donald and Pinchera, D. and Massa, Andrea and Azaro, Renzo and Schettino, F. and Lizzi, Leonardo (2008) An Investigation on UWB-MIMO Communication Systems based on an Experimental Channel Characterization. [Technical Report] document_url: http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/323/1/DISI-11-047.R147.pdf