Simplified configuration of fading emulator system for MIMO-OTA testing

Author

Kosako, Akira ; Shinozawa, Masahiro ; Karasawa, Yoshio

Author_Institution

Adv. Wireless Commun. Res. Center (AWCC), Univ. of Electro-Commun. (UEC Tokyo), Chofu, Japan

fYear

2011

fDate

Feb. 28 2011-March 3 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

OTA (Over-The-Air) system, which is one of the MIMO terminal evaluation methods, achieves real multipath fading environment around the measurement device, and it is currently being standardized. Fading emulator, one of MIMO-OTA measurement systems, can achieve the desired propagation environment around assessment area by radio waves radiated from a number of antennas placed on a circle around the terminal. This paper proposes a simplified configuration of fading emulator system, and evaluates the performance in terms of eigenvalues and channel capacity obtained by the computer simulation and experiment.

Keywords

MIMO communication; antenna arrays; channel capacity; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; fading channels; multipath channels; radiowave propagation; MIMO terminal evaluation methods; MIMO-OTA measurement systems; MIMO-OTA testing; antennas; channel capacity; computer simulation; eigenvalues; fading emulator system; measurement device; multipath fading environment; over-the-air system; radiowave propagation; Antenna measurements; Fading; Receiving antennas; Scattering; Transmitting antennas; Fading Emulator; MIMO-OTA Testing; Simplified Configuration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems Technology (Wireless VITAE), 2011 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chennai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0786-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WIRELESSVITAE.2011.5940845

Filename

5940845