Analysis of Data Rate vs. SNR in MIMO Wireless Communication Systems

This paper develops a simple algorithm to estimate signal power to noise power ratio (SNR) in Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems. The given data rates in the Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS) are used as a reference to estimate corresponding SNRs with different transmit power disparities and channel bandwidths. Path loss is accounted for by using the IEEE break point path loss model.