Directional Random Scattering MIMO Channels: Entropy Analysis and Capacity Optimization
Sadeghi, P.
Abhayapala, T.D.
Kennedy, R.A.
Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering (RSISE), The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 Australia. Email: parastoo.sadeghi@anu.edu.au;
This paper appears in: Communications, 2006. ICC '06. IEEE International Conference on
Publication Date: June 2006
Volume: 3,
On page(s): 1331-1336
Location: Istanbul,
ISSN: 8164-9547
ISBN: 1-4244-0355-3
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ICC.2006.254933
Current Version Published: 2006-12-11
Abstract
In this paper, we study the effect of directional random scattering on the capacity of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. First, we use the spatial decomposition of the MIMO channel matrix to analyze the randomness (entropy) of directional scattering. The analysis shows that directional scatterers (with at least a null in the angular power spectrum) will no longer be random when the receiver observation radius is sufficiently large. Therefore, directional scattering limits the expected linear increase of MIMO capacity with increasing the number of antennas. Second, we consider the effect of receiver antenna arrangement (positions) on the capacity of MIMO systems. For any random scatterer with a given angular power spectrum, we show that it is possible to choose the receiver antenna arrangement with the optimum whitening of the MIMO channel matrix that, in turn, maximizes MIMO channel capacity.
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