Evaluation of Cover and Reflector in Receiver Antennas for SM-MIMO Wireless Communications

Table 1

Experimental conditions.

RF band	5150–5250 MHz
Signal bandwidth	79.68 MHz
Number of subcarriers	512
Max. trans. power	357 mW
TX antenna (directional)	NATEC PAT509S-4953; Gain 9 dBi; Half-power angle; E-plane 58 deg/H-plane 76 deg
RX antenna (omnidirectional)	SANSEI ELECTRIC ANTDP-010A0; Gain 0 dBi; E-plane 360 deg/H-plane 360 deg
Antenna height	1 m
Distance (TX-RX)	40 m
MIMO detection	MMSE
Coding rate	1/2
Modulation	16 QAM