Why? That is equation 9 in your reference. Eq. 10 is only a substitution.
If you want to plot R vs SNR using MATLAB do the following:
SNR1=0:30; - this is for example
SNR2=0:30;
SNR1r=repmat(SNR1,length(SNR1),1); create a matrix from vector by repetition
SNR2r=repmat(SNR2',1,length(SNR2)); note that snr2 is transposed
Rate=0.5*log((1+SNR1r).*(1+SNR2r));
surf(Rate);