The demand for high data rate wireless communications is rapidly growing with the integration of internet and multi-media services in wireless systems. The design of high data rate services that also guarantee good Quality-of -Service (QOS) is one of the key research challenges facing system designers today. A promising technology is Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) wireless, which uses multiple antennas at the transmitter and the receiver. Theoretically, the technology has the potential to provide many orders of magnitude increase in capacity at no cost of increased system bandwidth. This increased capacity can be exploited to provide either increased data rates or increased reliability of the transmitted data. Understandably, MIMO is the subject of considerable interest and research. These techniques are making their presence felt in commercial standards such as 3G and WLAN.

Here, at MPRG, we have undertaken several research initiatives in the broad area of MIMO systems. This website outlines the research in MIMO at MPRG and provides an overview of the technology for the uninitiated along with key references.