Comprehensive Characterization of the Double Directional UWB Residential Indoor Channel

Author

Pajusco, Patrice ; Malhouroux-Gaffet, Nadine ; El Zein, Ghais

Author_Institution

Microwave Dept., Telecom Bretagne, Brest, France

Volume

63

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

Mar-15

Firstpage

1129

Lastpage

1139

Abstract

Recent telecommunication systems exploit the degrees of freedom of the radio propagation channel more and more. Deeper investigations of system performance require realistic channel models. For this purpose, a new MIMO UWB channel sounder is introduced. The novelty is its capacity to estimate simultaneously direction of arrival and departure in 3D, including polarization state information. The second novelty is a modified SIC algorithm which speeds up the search of the multipath properties of the propagation channel. An extensive measurement campaign is performed in different residential environments and statistical results are provided.

Keywords

MIMO communication; multipath channels; radiowave propagation; ultra wideband communication; MIMO channel sounder; degrees of freedom; double directional UWB residential indoor channel; modified SIC algorithm; multipath properties; polarization state information; radio propagation channel; residential environments; telecommunication systems; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Channel models; Delays; Floors; MIMO; Receivers; Channel models; direction of arrival estimation; radio propagation; ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2014.2387418

Filename

7001210