Title :
Experimental characterization of the MIMO wireless channel
Author :
Wallace, Jon W. ; Jensen, Michael A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA
Abstract :
We report the development of an experimental platform designed to measure the transfer matrix for indoor and outdoor multiple input multiple output (MIMO) channels. The key aspects of the hardware system are presented, including a discussion of measurement issues and data processing approaches. Representative data obtained with the instrument in several indoor environments we presented. These results reveal the large increase in capacity that can be achieved using MIMO architectures coupled with space-time coding implementations.
Keywords :
MIMO systems; encoding; indoor radio; multipath channels; MIMO architectures; MIMO wireless channel; channel estimation; data processing; experimental platform; indoor channels; measurement system; multipath environment; multiple input multiple output channels; outdoor channels; space-time coding; transfer matrix measurement; Antenna arrays; Artificial intelligence; Bandwidth; Data processing; Frequency estimation; Hardware; MIMO; Phase estimation; Transfer functions; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2001. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7070-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2001.960039
