Mobile Lightweight Wireless Systems. Second International ICST Conference, MOBILIGHT 2010, Barcelona, Spain, May 10-12, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

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Measuring the Closed-Loop Throughput of 2x2 HSDPA over TX Power and TX Antenna Spacing

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_34,
        author={Sebastian Caban and Jos\^{e} Garc\^{\i}a-Naya and Christian Mehlf\'{y}hrer and Luis Castedo and Markus Rupp},
        title={Measuring the Closed-Loop Throughput of 2x2 HSDPA over TX Power and TX Antenna Spacing},
        proceedings={Mobile Lightweight Wireless Systems. Second International ICST Conference, MOBILIGHT 2010, Barcelona, Spain, May 10-12, 2010, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={MOBILIGHT},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={Antenna diversity Antenna spacing Measurement MIMO systems Radio communications HSDPA},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_34}
    }
    
  • Sebastian Caban
    José García-Naya
    Christian Mehlführer
    Luis Castedo
    Markus Rupp
    Year: 2012
    Measuring the Closed-Loop Throughput of 2x2 HSDPA over TX Power and TX Antenna Spacing
    MOBILIGHT
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_34
Sebastian Caban1, José García-Naya2,*, Christian Mehlführer1, Luis Castedo2, Markus Rupp1
  • 1: Vienna University of Technology
  • 2: University of A Coruña
*Contact email: jagarcia@udc.es

Abstract

Mobile network operators demand small base station antennas and high physical layer throughputs. In the downlink, high physical layer throughputs can be achieved by exploiting transmit diversity. Given that the correlation between different propagation paths reduces the achievable throughput, it is commonly conjectured that the greater the transmit antenna spacing, the better the radio link performance. The open question is, how much does the throughput of a communication system actually change over antenna spacing?