  A new low-profile planar Eleven antenna is designed for optimal MIMO
performance as a wideband MIMO antenna for micro base-stations in future
wireless communication systems. The design objective has been to optimize both
the reflection coefficient at the input port of the antenna and the 1-bitstream
and 2-bitstream MIMO efficiency of the antenna at the same time, in both the
Rich Isotropic MultiPath (RIMP) and Random Line-of-Sight (Random-LOS)
environments. The planar Eleven antenna can be operated in 2-, 4-, and 8-port
modes with slight modifications. The optimization is performed using genetic
algorithms. The effects of polarization deficiencies and antenna total embedded
efficiency on the MIMO performance of the antenna are further studied. A
prototype of the antenna has been fabricated and the design has been verified
by measurements against the simulations.
