Development of a 60 GHz MIMO Radio Channel Measurement System

Author

Ranvier, S. ; Kivinen, J. ; Vainikainen, P.

Author_Institution

Radio Laboratory/SMARAD, Helsinki Univ. of Technol.

Volume

3

fYear

2005

fDate

16-19 May 2005

Firstpage

1878

Lastpage

1882

Abstract

Nowadays the need for high-data-rate-communication channels is increasing and will ineluctably continue to increase in the future. From a theoretical point of view, MIMO (multiple input multiple output) approach seems to be one of the best solutions to provide such a high capacity. This paper presents a mm-wave MIMO channel measurement system developed in the Radio Laboratory of Helsinki University of Technology. The system is based on virtual antenna arrays: the antenna arrays are obtained by two 2D scanners which shift a single transmit antenna and a single receive antenna. Measurements in LOS (line of sight) and NLOS (non line of sight) are reported, from what the MIMO channel capacity is calculated and the DOD (direction of departure) and DOA (direction of arrival) are estimated

Keywords

MIMO systems; antenna arrays; direction-of-arrival estimation; measurement systems; millimetre wave propagation; wireless channels; 60 GHz; MIMO channel capacity; MIMO radio channel measurement system; direction of arrival; direction of departure; high-data-rate-communication channels; mm-wave MIMO channel measurement system; multiple input multiple output system; virtual antenna arrays; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Frequency; MIMO; MMICs; Millimeter wave measurements; Receiving antennas; Switches; Switching circuits; Transmitting antennas; MIMO measurement; millimeter wave measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2005. IMTC 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8879-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2005.1604498

Filename

1604498