Joint Phased-MIMO and Nested-Array Beamforming for Increased Degrees-of-Freedom

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijap/volume-2015/989517/figures/989517.fig.004a.svgz" name="989517.fig.004a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Basic phased-MIMO</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijap/volume-2015/989517/figures/989517.fig.004b.svgz" name="989517.fig.004b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Joint phased-MIMO and nested-array</td></tr></table>

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Figure 4: Joint Phased-MIMO and Nested-Array Beamforming for Increased Degrees-of-Freedom 