Research Article
Indoor Off-Body Wireless Communication: Static Beamforming versus Space-Time Coding
Table 3
for STC and beamforming; beamforming power gain.
| | STC (dB) | Beamforming (dB) | Beamforming power gain (dB) |
| NLoS, no receive diversity | min. |
29.7
|
25.9
| | avg. |
43.7
|
45.5
|
1.8
| max. |
51.1
|
53.8
| |
| NLoS, fourth-order receive diversity | min. |
38.4
|
36.5
| | avg. |
50.2
|
52.2
|
2.0
| max. |
59.8
|
62.5
| |
| LoS, no receive diversity | min. |
43.1
|
38.6
| | avg. |
49.9
|
53.3
|
3.4
| max. |
57.5
|
60.5
| |
| LoS, fourth-order receive diversity | min. |
49.7
|
51.9
| | avg. |
56.6
|
60.1
|
3.5
| max. |
62.0
|
65.5
| |
| A single dominant specular reflection, no receive diversity | min. |
22.3
|
13.1
| | avg. |
33.4
|
34.9
|
1.5
| max. |
40.2
|
42.9
| |
| A single dominant specular reflection, fourth-order receive diversity | min. |
29.5
|
29.7
| | avg. |
39.3
|
41.0
|
1.7
| max. |
45.3
|
49.0
| |
|
|