ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the theoretical multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel capacity based on an extensive measurement set of MIMO power line communication (PLC) channels obtained during the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) measurement campaign of Specialist Task Force (STF) 410. MIMO systems have been used for many years in the field of wireless communications. The huge increase in coverage and capacity offered by MIMO technology are the key benefits of using multiple sensors at the transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx). The MIMO PLC channel capacity was investigated for the first time based on in-home PLC measurements in German houses and flats. These investigations were further elaborated by Schneider in 2012. The statistical analysis of the channel capacity is based on the MIMO PLC channels obtained in the European (EU) field measurement campaign of ETSI STF410. This measurement campaign recorded the complex S21 scattering parameter hundreds of outlets for different MIMO feeding and receiving options.
