User Effects on MIMO Performance: From an Antenna to a Link Perspective

Table 2

Channel models simulation parameters.

Parameter	Setting
Carrier frequency	2 GHz
MS height	1.5 m
BS height	32 m
Channel state information (CSI)	No CSI at the Tx and perfect CSI at the Rx
BS to MS distance	100 m
Number of realizations	10,000
Antennas’ characteristics	Equivalent 2D of the embedded patterns, effective gain
Scenario	Typical macrocell
User scenarios (Figure 1)	Free space (FS), voice (HH), data (D), head (H)