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

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International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Figure 5: Joint Phased-MIMO and Nested-Array Beamforming for Increased Degrees-of-Freedom 