MIMO Power Line Communications

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MIMO PLC Capacity and Throughput Analysis

Daniel M. Schneider, Pascal Pagani and Andreas Schwager

CONTENTS

9.1    Introduction

9.2    MIMO PLC Channel Capacity

9.2.1    Theoretical Background

9.2.2    Review of MIMO Channel Capacity Computations from the Literature

9.2.3    Statistical Analysis of the MIMO Channel Capacity from European Field Measurements

9.3    MIMO PLC Throughput Analysis

9.3.1    Adaptive Modulation

9.3.2    Simulation Results

9.4    Conclusions

References

9.1    Introduction

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems have been used for many years in the field of wireless communications [1,2]. The huge increases in coverage and capacity offered by MIMO technology are the key benefits of using multiple sensors at ...