Multipath characterization of antennas for MIMO systems in reverberation chamber including effects of coupling and efficiency

Author

Rosengren, Kent ; Bohlin, Patrik ; Kildal, Per-Simon

Author_Institution

Flextronics Design, Kalmar, Sweden

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

20-25 June 2004

Firstpage

1712

Abstract

We describe how to measure the radiation efficiency, correlation, diversity gain and capacity of a six-monopole antenna array in a reverberation chamber in order to characterize it by these parameters for a MIMO system. We show how these measurements can be used to find the channel capacity when a particular antenna array is used in a MIMO system. We also explain how numerical modeling of the MIMO array in a commercial code can be used to find the channel capacity.

Keywords

MIMO systems; channel capacity; diversity reception; electromagnetic coupling; monopole antenna arrays; multipath channels; reverberation chambers; MIMO system antennas; channel capacity; correlation; coupling effects; diversity gain; monopole antenna array; multipath characterization; numerical modeling; radiation efficiency; reverberation chamber; Antenna accessories; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Channel capacity; Diversity methods; Gain measurement; MIMO; Numerical models; Particle measurements; Reverberation chamber;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8302-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2004.1330526

Filename

1330526