Channel Capacity for Flat Fading MIMO System ...

Multi-input multi-output (MIMO) antenna system becomes one of the hottest research topics in the communication field during the past few years due to its obvious edge over simple single antenna systems. This paper presents analyses and simulations for the effects of the channel distribution on the overall channel capacity for a MIMO system under flat fading. Several types of distributions (Gaussian, Poisson, and Rayleigh) are considered to generate the channel matrix and determine the capacity for several cases of transmits and receiver antennas.