Line of sight MIMO-UWB short range communication in underground mine tunnel

Author

Ben Mabrouk, Ismail ; Reyes-Guerrero, J.C. ; Nedil, Mourad ; Talbi, Larbi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Quebec, Quebec City, QC, Canada

fYear

2015

fDate

13-17 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper deals with experimental results of Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO)-Ultra Wide Band (UWB) system. Measurement campaigns under line-of-sight (LOS) scenario using two different antenna configurations have been made in underground mine environment. Results, suggest that the channel transfer matrix depends not only on the propagation environment but also on the MIMO array configuration. In fact, the important point is to decide which array topology is best in terms of maximizing capacity. The optimal MIMO system arrangement is selected based on main channel parameters such as channel correlation and capacity.

Keywords

MIMO communication; channel capacity; ultra wideband communication; underground communication; UWB short range communication; channel capacity; channel correlation; channel transfer matrix; line-of-sight MIMO communication; multiple input multiple output system; optimal MIMO system; ultrawide band system; underground mine tunnel; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Coherence; Correlation; MIMO; Channel capacity; Correlation; MIMO; Multipath;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

Filename

7228144