Multiple-Input Multiple Output System on a Spinning Vehicle with Unknown Channel State Information

• Main Author: Muralidhar, Aditya
• Other Authors: Kosbar, Kurt
• Language: en_US
• Published: International Foundation for Telemetering 2012
• Subjects: Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Systems; Channel State Information; Channel Estimation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/581828

This paper presents the investigations into the performance of a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system with its transmitters on a spinning vehicle and no available channel state information (CSI) at the transmitter or the receiver. The linear least squares approach is used to estimate the channel and the estimation error is measured. Spinning gives rise to a periodic component in the channel which can be estimated based on the spin rate relative to the data rate of the system. It is also determined that spinning causes the bit error rate of the system to degrade by a few dB.