MIMO Power Line Communications

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Broadband In-Home Characterisation and Correlation-Based Modelling

Kaywan Afkhamie, Paola Bisaglia, Arun Nayagam, Fabio Osnato, Deniz Rende, Raffaele Riva and Larry Yonge

CONTENTS

4.1    Introduction

4.2    Description of the MIMO PL Field Test System

4.3    Channel Statistical Analysis

4.3.1    Average Attenuation versus Frequency

4.3.2    Distribution of the Channel Coefficients

4.3.3    RMS-DS versus the Attenuation

4.3.4    MIMO Channel Correlation

4.3.4.1    Spatial Correlation Analysis

4.4    Proposed PL Channel Model

4.4.1    SISO Channel Model

4.4.2    MIMO Channel Model

4.4.2.1    Spatial Correlation Model

4.4.2.2    Simpler Correlation Model

4.5    Characterisation of Noise in MIMO PL Channels

4.5.1    Eigenspread Analysis of MIMO ...