Experimental characterization of MIMO-UWB multipath underground mine radio channels

Author

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

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2012

fDate

8-14 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

This paper reports on experimental results and its interpretations for MIMO-UWB multipath channel. It is intended to help in establishing design guidelines for underground mine wireless communications systems using MIMO-UWB technology. It deals with measurements obtained using two different antenna configurations under line-of-sight (LOS) conditions. Furthermore, the MIMO channel is characterized in terms of channel correlation and capacity. It was shown that a special arrangement of antennas in a MIMO system may reduce channel correlation and improve capacity.

Keywords

MIMO communication; antenna arrays; multipath channels; ultra wideband communication; underground communication; wireless channels; LOS condition; MIMO-UWB multipath underground mine radio channel; antenna configuration; channel correlation reduction; line-of-sight condition; underground mine wireless communication system; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Channel capacity; Correlation; MIMO; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0461-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2012.6348622

Filename

6348622