On the MIMO Channel Capacity for the Nakagami-m Channel

— This paper presents the MIMO channel capacity over the Nakagami-m fading channel. The joint eigenvalue density function of W = HH† , where H is the channel matrix, is derived in a closed form in the 2 × 2 case and for integer values of m, as well as for m → ∞. The marginal eigenvalue distribution of W is also derived in closed form solution. For the more general r × t case, an asymptotic formulation is presented and is shown to be close to simulations, even for a small number of antennas. All the results are validated by numerical Monte Carlo simulations and are in excellent agreement.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: GLOBECOM
• Authors: Gustavo Fraidenraich, Olivier Lévêque, John M. Cioffi
• Keywords: Closed Form, GLOBECOM 2007, MIMO Channel Capacity, Nakagami-m Fading Channel, Telecommunications