Design of a dual-band MIMO WIFI gateway

Author

Buey, Cyril ; Bashir, Kamaliah ; Fargeas, J.M. ; Ratajczak, P. ; Le Huy Trinh ; Ferrero, Fabien

Author_Institution

Orange Labs. La Turbie La Turbie, Orange, France

fYear

2014

fDate

16-19 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, the design of an MIMO antenna system for WIFI gateway application is proposed. 8 printed monopole dual band antennas are placed on a 135×135mm² FR-4 PCB. Placement of the elements is optimized to limit coupling effect. The objective of the system is to combine the MIMO technique and antenna diversity to increase data rate performance. S-Parameters and radiation performances are presented. A new measurement method based on EVM and BER criteria is proposed to characterize the antenna system in a realistic environment.

Keywords

MIMO communication; S-parameters; antenna radiation patterns; diversity reception; error statistics; internetworking; microstrip antenna arrays; monopole antenna arrays; multifrequency antennas; printed circuits; vectors; wireless LAN; BER criteria; EVM criteria; FR-4 PCB; MIMO antenna system design; S-parameters; antenna diversity; bit error rate; coupling effect limitation; data rate performance; dual-band MIMO WiFi gateway design; element placement optimization; error vector magnitude; printed circuit board; printed monopole dual band antennas; radiation performances; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Dual band; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Logic gates; MIMO; Scattering parameters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Measurements & Applications (CAMA), 2014 IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Antibes Juan-les-Pins

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAMA.2014.7003349

Filename

7003349