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Capacity Analysis and Simulation of 3-D Space-Time Correlated HAP-MIMO Channels

Authors:
Emmanouel T. Michailidis
Athanasios G. Kanatas

Keywords: Capacity; 3-D scattering model; correlation; high-altitude platform (HAP); multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel; Ricean fading; simulation

Abstract:
High-altitude platforms (HAPs) are one of the most promising alternative infrastructures for realizing next generation mobile communications networks. This paper utilizes a recently proposed three-dimensional (3-D) reference multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel model for HAPs and investigates the capacity of spatially and temporally correlated HAP-MIMO channels. The effect of several parameters, such as the elevation angle of the platform, the configuration and displacement of the antenna arrays, the Doppler spread, and the 3-D non-uniform distribution of the local scatterers, on the capacity is studied. Based on the reference model, a 3-D sum-of-sinusoids (SoS) deterministic simulation model for HAP-MIMO channels is proposed. The results show that the simulation model is a good approximation of the reference model.

Pages: 12 to 23

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2011. Used with permission.

Publication date: September 15, 2011

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2601