• DocumentCode
    1406230
  • Title

    Spatial Multiplexing with a Single Radio: Proof-of-Concept Experiments in an Indoor Environment with a 2.6-GHz Prototype

  • Author

    Alrabadi, Osama N. ; Divarathne, Chamath ; Tragas, Philippos ; Kalis, Antonis ; Marchetti, Nicola ; Papadias, Constantinos B. ; Prasad, Ramjee

  • Author_Institution
    Broadband Wireless & Sensor Networks Group (BWiSE), Athens Inf. Technol. (AIT), Athens, Greece
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    2/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    178
  • Lastpage
    180
  • Abstract
    This letter validates a previously reported concept regarding the capability of transmitting multiple signals using one RF chain and a compact switched parasitic array (SPA). The experiments were conducted in an indoor environment using a 2.6 GHz prototype made of a single active printed dipole coupled to two passive ones. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first over-the-air experiment of spatial multiplexing with a single RF frontend yet to be demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    MIMO communication; space division multiplexing; MIMO; RF chain; RF frontend; active printed dipole; compact switched parasitic array; frequency 2.6 GHz; proof-of-concept experiment; radio; spatial multiplexing; SPA; Spatial multiplexing; basis functions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2011.121310.102119
  • Filename
    5669632