MIMO systems with antenna selection - an overview

Abstract

We consider multiple-input - multiple-output (MIMO) systems with reduced complexity. Either one, or both, link ends chose the "best" L out of N available antennas. This implies that only L instead of N transceiver chains have to be built, and also the signal processing can be simplified. We show that in ideal channels, full diversity can be achieved, and also the number of independent data streams for spatial multiplexing can be maintained if certain conditions on L are fulfilled. We then discuss the impact of system nonidealities, like noisy channel estimation, correlations of the received signals, etc.