Title :
Real-time Millimeter-Wave MIMO channel measurements
Author :
Ahmadi-Shokouh, J. ; Rafi, R. ; Taeb, A. ; Safavi-Naeini, S.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstract :
In this paper, we employ a 4-port Agilent PNA-X Network Analyzer (NA) with the expansion modules to measure a 2×2 Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) propagation channel at 57-64 GHz frequency band. For the above mentioned architecture, i.e. regular MMW MIMO, the Shanon capacity criterion is used to evaluate the performance in terms of transmission rate. The results reveal that we have a remarkable rate gain due to MIMO transmission.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; channel capacity; millimetre wave measurement; millimetre wave propagation; network analysers; 4-port Agilent PNA-X network analyzer; MIMO transmission; Shanon capacity criterion; expansion modules; frequency 57 GHz to 64 GHz; multiinput multioutput propagation channel; real-time millimeter-wave MIMO channel measurements; transmission rate; Antenna measurements; MIMO; Millimeter wave measurements; Receiving antennas; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0461-0
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2012.6349357
