Evaluation of multi element antennas in reverberation chamber

Author

Orlenius, Charlie ; Patané, Christian Lötbäck ; Skårbratt, Anton ; Åsberg, John ; Kildal, Per-Simon

Author_Institution

Bluetest AB, Gothenburg, Sweden

fYear

2012

fDate

8-14 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

This paper focuses on the latest advances in the use of reverberation chambers for active device testing. Contained are description and comparison of different figure-of-merits that are applicable to multi element antennas, with a specific focus on LTE devices with MIMO capability. There are two new parameter concepts introduced: Modified Total Isotropic Sensitivity measurements to include MIMO signaling, and a Throughput Threshold Level for simplified quantification of data bit throughput measurement results.

Keywords

Long Term Evolution; MIMO communication; antenna arrays; antenna testing; mobile antennas; reverberation chambers; telecommunication signalling; LTE devices; MIMO capability; MIMO signaling; active device testing; data bit throughput measurement; figure-of-merits; modified total isotropic sensitivity measurements; multielement antenna evaluation; reverberation chamber; throughput threshold level; Antenna measurements; Antennas; MIMO; Performance evaluation; Reverberation chamber; Throughput; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0461-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2012.6348695

Filename

6348695