Impact of Front-to-Rear Ratio, Side Lobe Level, and Beam Orientation of Base Station Antennas on MIMO Performance

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Abstract

As the device radiating and receiving electromagnetic waves, antennas play a vital role in the wireless communication technology. Therefore, the performance of antennas will greatly affect the performance of MIMO communication. In this paper, we study the effects of some common radiation characteristics of base station antennas, including front-to-rear ratio, side lobe level, and beam orientation, on the performance of cellular communication system. It is shown that the channel capacity increases as the front-to-rear ratio of the antenna element increases, but when the front-to-rear ratio reaches 20dB and above, the channel capacity basically remains unchanged. In addition, with the increase of the side lobe level and/or the offset of the beam orientation, the data rate of the multi-user multi-cell system decreases. This is mainly due to the increased interference.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICEICT 2020 - IEEE 3rd International Conference on Electronic Information and Communication Technology
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages607-609
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781728190457
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Nov 2020
Event3rd IEEE International Conference on Electronic Information and Communication Technology, ICEICT 2020 - Shenzhen, China
Duration: 13 Nov 202015 Nov 2020

Publication series

NameICEICT 2020 - IEEE 3rd International Conference on Electronic Information and Communication Technology

Conference

Conference3rd IEEE International Conference on Electronic Information and Communication Technology, ICEICT 2020
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period13/11/2015/11/20

Keywords

  • beam orientation
  • channel capacity
  • front-to-rear ratio
  • side lobe

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