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

fYear

2012

fDate

3-5 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signals, Systems, and Electronics (ISSSE), 2012 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Potsdam

ISSN

2161-0819

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4454-8

Electronic_ISBN

2161-0819

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSSE.2012.6374346

Filename

6374346