ABSTRACT

Contents 7.1 MIMO Basics .......................................................................................... 114

7.1.1 MIMO Technology and Its Theoretical Basis ............................... 115 7.1.1.1 Wireless Transmission Environment ............................... 115 7.1.1.2 Free-Space Propagation Loss ........................................... 115 7.1.1.3 Shadow Fading ............................................................... 116 7.1.1.4 Multipath Effect ............................................................. 116

7.1.2 Multiantenna Transmission Model ............................................... 117 7.1.2.1 Transmitter Technology.................................................. 118 7.1.2.2 Receiver Technology ....................................................... 119

7.1.3 Channel Capacity of Multiantenna Diversity, Multiplexing, and Beam Forming .......................................................................121 7.1.3.1 Spatial Multiplexing .......................................................122 7.1.3.2 Spatial Diversity .............................................................123 7.1.3.3 Beam Forming ................................................................124