Weighted-polarization wearable MIMO antenna with three orthogonally arranged dipoles based on RF signal processing

In this paper, we present a weighted-polarization wearable multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna that is based on radiofrequency (RF) signal processing to realize ultra-high-speed and highcapacity mobile communications. The proposed antenna is comprised of three orthogonal dipoles, two of which can be selected according to a weight function in different usage scenarios. The weight function is determined by considering the variation in the cross-polarization power ratio (XPR) and the antenna inclination angle which depend on the radiopropagation environment and human motion. To confirm the suitability of the proposed antenna, we perform preliminary experiments to evaluate the channel capacity of a weighted-polarization wearable MIMO antenna with an arm-swinging dynamic phantom. The measured and analytical results are in good agreement, which verifies the effectiveness of the proposed antenna. We demonstrate that the proposed antenna is suitable for realizing gigabit mobile communications in future wearable MIMO applications.