Research Article

User Effects on MIMO Performance: From an Antenna to a Link Perspective

Table 2

Channel models simulation parameters.

ParameterSetting

Carrier frequency2 GHz
MS height1.5 m
BS height32 m
Channel state information (CSI)No CSI at the Tx and perfect CSI at the Rx
BS to MS distance100 m
Number of realizations10,000
Antennas’ characteristicsEquivalent 2D of the embedded patterns, effective gain
ScenarioTypical macrocell
User scenarios (Figure 1)Free space (FS), voice (HH), data (D), head (H)