Experimental validation of ray-tracing based assessment of MIMO performance

Author

Sood, Neeraj ; Yuchu He ; Eleftheriades, George ; Sarris, Costas D.

Author_Institution

Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

fYear

2013

fDate

7-13 July 2013

Firstpage

1956

Lastpage

1957

Abstract

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are evaluated in an indoor rectangular corridor using experimental measurements and an image based 3-D ray-tracing tool. The performance of a small 2×2 metamaterial inspired antenna array is compared against that of an array of closely spaced monopoles. Simulated and measured results lead to similar conclusions about the relative performance of the two MIMO systems under comparison. Some observed discrepancies are also discussed thereby leading to a summary of some of the challenges associated with this type of studies.

Keywords

MIMO communication; indoor radio; metamaterial antennas; ray tracing; MIMO performance; closely spaced monopole antenna array; image based 3-D ray-tracing tool; indoor rectangular corridor; multiple-input multiple-output systems; ray-tracing based assessment; small 2×2 metamaterial inspired antenna array; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Channel capacity; MIMO; Metamaterials; Mutual coupling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5315-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2013.6711636

Filename

6711636