Title :
UWB MIMO measurements in reverberation chamber and indoor environment
Author :
Raimundo, Xavier ; Salous, Sana ; Nasr, Karim
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Comput. Sci., Durham Univ., Durham, UK
Abstract :
This paper presents reference measurements of 2 × 2 UWB antenna arrays consisting of discone antennas with a frequency range from 2 - 6 GHz performed in a reverberation chamber. The measurements are used to evaluate the diversity gain of arrays with different topologies as well as MIMO capacity. Results of comparing the diversity gain results with line of sight (LOS) and non-LOS indoor measurements are also presented. The reverberation measurements at three frequencies in the band were found to follow a Rayleigh distribution, whereas the indoor LOS measurements presented Rician distribution.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; UHF antennas; channel capacity; diversity reception; indoor radio; microwave antenna arrays; reverberation chambers; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; LOS indoor measurements; MIMO capacity; Rayleigh distribution; Rician distribution; UWB MIMO measurements; UWB antenna arrays; discone antennas; diversity gain; frequency 2 GHz to 6 GHz; indoor environment; line-of-sight indoor measurements; nonLOS indoor measurements; reverberation chamber; reverberation measurements; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Diversity methods; Diversity reception; Frequency measurement; MIMO; Reverberation chamber; Diversity Gain; Indoor propagation measurements; MIMO; Reverberation Chamber; UWB antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Signals, Systems, and Electronics (ISSSE), 2012 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Potsdam
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4454-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-0819
DOI :
10.1109/ISSSE.2012.6374346
