MIMO and Smart Antennas_July 2013_FINAL

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Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 3
1. Antenna Fundamentals ........................................................................................................................ 4
2. MIMO with LTE.................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1 LTE Downlink MIMO Basics ........................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Antenna Configurations for MIMO................................................................................................ 16
2.3 Performance of the various antenna configurations .................................................................... 22
2.4 An Analysis of Antenna Configurations for 4x2 and 4x4 MIMO ................................................... 24
2.5 Antenna Array Calibration ............................................................................................................ 27
Summary ................................................................................................................................................ 35
Definitions and Acronyms ...................................................................................................................... 36
References ............................................................................................................................................. 40
Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................ 42