MIMO Channel Measurements and Analysis with Prototype User Devices in a 2GHz Urban Cell

Author

Hunukumbure, Mythri ; Beach, Mark

Author_Institution

Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

11-14 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper describes an outdoor MIMO measurement campaign conducted in the 2 GHz band employing a sounding bandwidth of 20 MHz. The study aimed to compare the MIMO performance of two prototype devices with a reference dipole antenna module. The results obtained reveal a systematic blocking of one of the PDA antenna ports with the user´s thumb alongside a significant reduction in the available MIMO channel capacity. The laptop MIMO enabled device was found to offer good MIMO capacity enhancement, matching the performance achieved with the dipole antennas

Keywords

MIMO systems; UHF antennas; bandwidth allocation; channel capacity; dipole antenna arrays; wireless channels; 2 GHz; 20 MHz; MIMO channel measurements; PDA antenna ports; channel capacity; dipole antenna module; sounding bandwidth; urban cell; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Antennas and propagation; Dipole antennas; MIMO; Mobile communication; Portable computers; Prototypes; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2006 IEEE 17th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Helsinki

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0329-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0330-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2006.253952

Filename

4022629