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MIMO - SISO
The simplest form of radio link can be defined in MIMO terms as SISO - Single Input Single Output. This is
effectively a standard radio channel - this transmitter operates with one antenna as does the receiver. There is no
diversity and no additional processing required.
MIMO - SIMO
The SIMO or Single Input Multiple Output version of MIMO occurs where the transmitter has a single antenna
and the receiver has multiple antennas. This is also known as receive diversity. It is often used to enable a
receiver system that receives signals from a number of independent sources to combat the effects of fading. It
has been used for many years with short wave listening / receiving stations to combat the effects of ionospheric
fading and interference.
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Switched diversity SIMO: This form of SIMO looks for the strongest signal and switches to that antenna.
Maximum ratio combining SIMO: This form of SIMO takes both signals and sums them to give the a
combination. In this way, the signals from both antennas contribute to the overall signal.
MIMO - MISO
MISO is also termed transmit diversity. In this case, the same data is transmitted redundantly from the two
transmitter antennas. The receiver is then able to receive the optimum signal which it can then use to receive
extract the required data.
MIMO
Where there are more than one antenna at either end of the radio link, this is termed MIMO - Multiple Input
Multiple Output. MIMO can be used to provide improvements in both channel robustness as well as channel
throughput.
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