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EPSRC Reference:	EP/D036666/1
Title:	An experimental investigation into the feasibility of MIMO techniques within the HF band
Principal Investigator:	Salous, Professor S
Other Investigators:	Stocker, Dr A Warrington, Professor M
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Department:	Engineering and Computing Sciences
Organisation:	Durham, University of
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 November 2006	Ends:	30 April 2010	Value (£):	189,464
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Digital Signal Processing RF & Microwave Technology
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Communications
Related Grants:	EP/D037034/1
Panel History:	Panel Date Panel Name Outcome 25 Oct 2005 Communications Prioritisation Panel (Tech) Oct 05 Deferred
Summary on Grant Application Form
Multi-element antenna arrays have long been employed at receiver sites to obtain spatially separated samples of the incoming wavefield at a receiver which are then combined by a variety of techniques ranging from the simple to the complex to reduce the deleterious effects of multi-path fading. In recent years, the mobile radio community has been investigating techniques in which arrays of antennas are employed at both the transmitter and receiver (rather than just at the receiver as previously) with the aim of significantly increasing the data throughput capacity within a fixed bandwidth by exploiting the presence of multipath propagation. These are known as MIMO (multiple input / multiple output) systems. The aim of this proposed project is to undertake an experimentally based investigation on the potential applicability of MIMO techniques to communications within the HF band.
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