Improvement of wireless channel performance using MIMO-UWB system in underground mine gallery

Author

Ben Mabrouk, Ismail ; Talbi, Larbi ; Nedil, Mourad

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., UQO, Gatineau, QC, Canada

fYear

2012

fDate

17-20 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

155

Lastpage

159

Abstract

In this paper, the incorporation of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) with ultra-wideband (UWB) technology is discussed. 2 × 2 MIMO-UWB measurement campaign in the 3-10 GHz bandwidth is conducted and the transmission performance in Line Of Sight (LOS) environment is evaluated. The aim of this work is to analyze the effect of antenna element configuration on MIMO-UWB system working in underground mine environment. To achieve this, many parameters such as the channel correlation, and the system capacity are analyzed. The obtained results suggest that MIMO-UWB systems are promising for high data rate transmission in harsh RF environments.

Keywords

MIMO communication; antenna arrays; data communication; telecommunication channels; ultra wideband communication; LOS environment; MIMO-UWB measurement campaign; MIMO-UWB system; RF environments; antenna element configuration; channel correlation; data rate transmission; line of sight; multiple-input multiple-output; system capacity; ultra-wideband technology; underground mine gallery; wireless channel performance; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Channel capacity; Correlation; Frequency measurement; MIMO; Capacity; Multipath; Propagation; Underground mine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Syracuse, NY

ISSN

2162-6588

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2031-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUWB.2012.6340394

Filename

6340394