A comparison of MIMO antenna efficiency measurements performed in Anechoic Chamber and Reverberation Chamber

Author

Tian-Hong Loh ; Wanquan Qi

Author_Institution

Nat. Phys. Lab., Teddington, UK

fYear

2015

fDate

22-22 May 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna will play a key role in the development of fifth generation (5G) wireless mobile communication systems due to their performance-enhancement capability in multipath environment. Antenna radiation efficiency is an important parameter for MIMO antenna system. In this paper, we present a comparison of MIMO antenna efficiency measurements performed in Anechoic Chamber (AC) and Reverberation Chamber (RC) at the UK National Physical Laboratory. Two commercial available directional dual polarized full LTE band MIMO antennas were measured both in AC and RC between 1 GHz and 3 GHz.

Keywords

5G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; MIMO communication; UHF antennas; anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); antenna radiation patterns; microwave antennas; reverberation chambers; 5G wireless mobile communication; MIMO antenna efficiency measurements; UK National Physical Laboratory; anechoic chamber; antenna radiation efficiency; directional dual polarized full LTE band; fifth generation wireless mobile communication; frequency 1 GHz; frequency 3 GHz; multipath environment; multiple-input-multiple-output antenna; reverberation chamber; Anechoic chambers; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; MIMO; Ports (Computers); Reverberation chambers; Anechoic Chamber; Antenna Gain; Antenna Radiation Efficiency; Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output; Radiation Pattern; Reverberation Chamber;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG), 2015 85th

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ARFTG.2015.7162900

Filename

7162900