MIMO testing — From concept to reality

Author

Xiao, Li ; Liu, Yuanan ; An, Xudong ; Guo, Lin ; Kong, Hongwei ; Jing, Ya ; Zhao, Xu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun. (BUPT), Beijing, China

fYear

2012

fDate

26-30 March 2012

Firstpage

1552

Lastpage

1556

Abstract

With the emergence of Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless devices, the demand for testing Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) performance is increasingly critical. MIMO performance testing challenges the traditional antenna test technique commonly used today. As a result, the major wireless standards development organizations, such as CTIA, are addressing new test methods to evaluate MIMO performance. This paper analyzes the influence of the antenna pattern under different MIMO channels and shows the numeral simulations. Chamber based test results for the performance evaluation of LTE devices will also be shown.

Keywords

Long Term Evolution; MIMO communication; antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; numerical analysis; LTE wireless devices; Long Term Evolution; MIMO channels; MIMO testing; antenna pattern; antenna test; multiple-input multiple-output; numeral simulations; wireless standards; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Channel models; Correlation; MIMO; Performance evaluation; Throughput; Antenna Pattern; Chamber Testing; MIMO-OTA;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0918-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0919-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206722

Filename

6206722