An Efficient Analytical Evaluation of the Electromagnetic Cross-Correlation Green's Function in MIMO Systems

Abstract: In this paper, we completely eliminate all numerical integrations needed to compute the far-field envelope cross-correlation (ECC) in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems by deriving accurate and efficient analytical expressions for the frequency-domain cross-correlation Green's functions (CGF), the most fundamental electromagnetic kernel needed for understanding and estimating spatial correlation metrics in multiple-antenna configurations. The analytical CGF is derived for the most general three-dimensional case, which can be used for fast CGF-based correlation matrix calculations in MIMO systems valid for arbitrary locations and relative polarizations of the constituent elements.