Impact of Mutual Coupling and Polarization of Antennas on BER Performances of Spatial Multiplexing MIMO Systems

Figure 7

BER performances of zero-forcing receivers for space-time coding MIMO systems with polarization diversity when: (a) matched, XPD = 0 dB; (b) unmatched, XPD = 0 dB; (c) matched, XPD = –6 dB; (d) unmatched, XPD = –6 dB.

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