A Survey on Physical Layer Performance of MIMO-WiMAX

Abstract

The IEEE 802.16 WiMAX standard for BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) was designed to offer end users high transmission data rates across wider regions.Wireless communication requires MIMO systems because they enable data to be sent and received through multiple antennas. This study examines how the MIMO-WiMAX physical layer performs while using different modulation techniques and channel coding approaches the BER performance of WiMAX systems, the Alamouti Space Time Block Code method for MIMO is being investigated.