Threshold Receiver Model for Throughput of Wireless Devices With MIMO and Frequency Diversity Measured in Reverberation Chamber

Author

Kildal, Per-Simon ; Hussain, Ahmed ; Chen, Xiaoming ; Orlenius, Charlie ; Skårbratt, Anton ; Åsberg, John ; Svensson, Tommy ; Eriksson, Thomas

Author_Institution

Chalmers Univ. of Technol. (Chalmers), Gothenburg, Sweden

Volume

10

fYear

2011

fDate

7/3/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1201

Lastpage

1204

Abstract

We present a simple theoretical model for the throughput data rate of a wireless LTE device including the improvements of data rate due to diversity in frequency (OFDM) and spatial domains (MIMO) under frequency selective fading. The model is based on defining an ideal threshold receiver for the line-of-sight (LOS) case, corresponding to reception with advanced error-correcting codes. The theoretical throughput model is in agreement with measurements in a reverberation chamber of a commercial LTE device for the 1 × 2 SIMO case, both regarding diversity and MIMO array gains, and it can therefore be used to complement measured results in evaluation of performance of LTE devices.

Keywords

Long Term Evolution; MIMO communication; OFDM modulation; error correction codes; radio receivers; reverberation chambers; LOS case; Long Term Evolution; MIMO array; MIMO diversity; OFDM; SIMO case; advanced error-correcting codes; commercial LTE device; frequency diversity; frequency selective fading; line-of-sight case; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; reverberation chamber; threshold receiver model; wireless LTE device; Antenna measurements; Fading; MIMO; OFDM; Receivers; Reverberation chamber; Throughput; Multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO); Rayleigh fading; multipath; orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM); over-the-air (OTA) measurements; reverberation chamber;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2011.2172909

Filename

6053994