University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Theses, Dissertations, & Student Research in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Department Computer Electronics & Engineering of Spring 5-2011 Exploration of Spatial Diversity in Multi-Antenna Wireless Communication Systems Shichuan Ma University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ceendiss Part of the Computer Engineering Commons, Signal Processing Commons, and the Systems and Communications Commons Ma, Shichuan, "Exploration of Spatial Diversity in Multi-Antenna Wireless Communication Systems" (2011). Theses, Dissertations, & Student Research in Computer Electronics & Engineering. 11. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ceendiss/11 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Electrical & Computer Engineering, Department of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses, Dissertations, & Student Research in Computer Electronics & Engineering by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Exploration of Spatial Diversity in Multi-Antenna Wireless Communication Systems by Shichuan Ma A DISSERTATION Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Ful¯llment of Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Major: Engineering Under the Supervision of Professor Yaoqing (Lamar) Yang Lincoln, Nebraska May, 2011 Exploration of Spatial Diversity in Multi-Antenna Wireless Communication Systems Shichuan Ma, Ph.D. University of Nebraska, 2011 Advisor: Yaoqing (Lamar) Yang With increasing demand on wireless internet and personal multimedia, the data rate of wireless communications is expected to increase dramatically. Future wireless networks face challenges of supporting data rates higher than one gigabits per second. Among var- ious technologies, multi-antennas, also known as multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), are undoubtedly the most promising to enable higher data rates.