The effect of antenna physics on fading correlation and the capacity of multielement antenna systems

In this paper, we develop a three dimensional model to evaluate the effects of antenna pattern and orientation on the fading correlation in multiple input-multiple output wireless systems. The channel transfer function and its correlation matrix are derived. Two kinds of antenna are deployed in our simulation, dipole and patch microstrip antennas. The simulation results show that the patch microstrip antenna array in the receiver has higher outage channel capacity than the dipole antenna array when the linear transmitting array and the linear receiving array lie broadside to one another