VNA-based wideband 60 GHz MIMO channel sounder with 3-D arrays

Author

Ranvier, Sylvain ; Kyrö, Mikko ; Haneda, Katsuyuki ; Mustonen, Tuomas ; Icheln, Clemens ; Vainikainen, Pertti

Author_Institution

Dept. of Radio Sci. & Eng., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo

fYear

2009

fDate

18-22 Jan. 2009

Firstpage

308

Lastpage

311

Abstract

This paper presents a wide band 60 GHz MIMO channel measurement system using a VNA and 3-D arrays at both ends. It uses virtual antenna arrays which can be reconfigured easily. The bandwidth of the system is 3.5 GHz, which leads to a time resolution of 0.29 ns. This fine resolution is suitable for characterizing dense multipaths in indoor environments. Line of sight (LOS) and obstructed line of sight (OLOS) measurements were performed with 64-element arrays at both TX and RX. Preliminary results (power delay profiles) are presented.

Keywords

MIMO communication; broadband networks; microwave antenna arrays; millimetre wave measurement; network analysers; vectors; wireless channels; 3D arrays; MIMO channel sounder; VNA; line of sight measurements; power delay profiles; virtual antenna arrays; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Delay; Frequency conversion; Indoor environments; MIMO; Power measurement; Radio frequency; Wideband; Antenna arrays; MIMO systems; WPAN; millimeter wave communication; millimeter wave measurements; radio propagation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Symposium, 2009. RWS '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2698-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2699-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RWS.2009.4957340

Filename

4957340