Experimental Evaluation of an Indoor MIMO-OFDM System at 60 GHz Based on the IEEE802.15.3c Standard

Author

Martinez-Ingles, Maria-Teresa ; Sanchis-Borras, Concepcion ; Molina-Garcia-Pardo, Jose-Maria ; Rodriguez, Jose-Victor ; Juan-Llacer, Leandro

Author_Institution

Inf. Technol. & Commun. Dept., Tech. Univ. of Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain

Volume

12

fYear

2013

fDate

2013

Firstpage

1562

Lastpage

1565

Abstract

This letter presents an experimental study of an indoor environment regarding the performance of a multiple-input-multiple-output orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) millimeter-wave system based on the standard IEEE 802.15.3c. Channel matrices are measured with a vector network analyzer, and in a first step, the intrinsic propagation characteristics are analyzed such as the path loss, capacity, and correlation. In a second step, the performance is studied using different space-time coding strategies. Finally, all this analysis is conducted with respect to different configurations of the MIMO antenna elements.

Keywords

MIMO communication; OFDM modulation; channel coding; indoor radio; millimetre wave antennas; millimetre wave propagation; network analysers; space-time codes; IEEE802.15.3c standard; MIMO antenna element; OFDM system; channel matrix measurement; frequency 60 GHz; indoor environment; intrinsic propagation characteristics; millimeter wave system; multiple input multiple output; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; space-time coding strategy; vector network analyzer; Antennas; Correlation; MIMO; OFDM; Signal to noise ratio; Throughput; Wireless communication; 60 GHz; millimeter-wave (mm-W); multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO); orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM); space-time coding; spatial multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2013.2293275

Filename

6677599