A General Stochastic Spatial MIMO Channel Model for Evaluating Various MIMO Techniques

A general stochastic spatial MIMO channel model is proposed for evaluating various MIMO techniques in this paper. It can generate MIMO channels complying with various MIMO configurations such as smart antenna, spatial diversity and spatial multiplexing. The modeling method produces the stochastic fading involving delay spread, Doppler spread, DOA (direction of arrival), AS (angle spread), PAS (power azimuth Spectrum) of the scatterers, antenna spacing and the wavelength. It can be applied in various MIMO technique researches flexibly with low computing complexity.

Authors:

• Fang Shu
• Li Lihua
• Zhang Ping

Keywords:

• MIMO channel
• Spatial Correlation
• DOA
• AS
• PAS.

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