Computer Simulation of Multiple Transmitter, Multiple Receiver Wireless Channels

New multiple-transmitter, multiple-receiver (MTMR) systems promise huge gains in data capacity that cannot be ignored by a wireless industry that desires to increase the data capacity for subscribers in an increasingly congested frequency spectrum. Design of such systems, however, will require an entirely new approach to channel modeling, since traditional techniques have dealt with single antenna links [1]. This paper presents a new technique for computer simulation of the MTMR wireless channel. The method is based on the first-principle physics of radio wave propagation. Our technique is capable of modeling the correct channel correlation behavior between multiple transmitter and receiver antenna elements. A key outcome of this research is to design MTMR channel modeling software as a resource for industry engineers.