Title :
New MIMO OTA figures of merit
Author :
Marín-Soler, Adoración ; Sánchez-Hernández, David A.
Author_Institution :
EMITE Ing. Edificio CEEIM, Murcia, Spain
Abstract :
Diverse standardized test results for MIMO OTA evaluation obtained through 3GPP/CTIA round robin campaigns with mode-stirred reverberation chambers are used to determine novel figures of merit that, using throughput as the basic parameters, are able to distinguish in a simple way a good from a bad MIMO device and also rank different DUTs´ performances respect to maximum MIMO/SISO conducted throughput. Results show that the new figures of merit can provide a clear indication of the ability (or disability) of the MIMO device to maintain throughput when under a variety of situations (under stress) and therefore serve the goal for MIMO OTA compliance testing standardization.
Keywords :
4G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; MIMO communication; conformance testing; reverberation chambers; 3GPP-CTIA round robin campaigns; 4G MIMO OTA; Long Term Evolution; MIMO SISO conducted throughput; MIMO over-the-air; compliance testing standardization; diverse standardized test results; figures of merit; mode stirred reverberation chambers; Channel models; MIMO; Performance evaluation; Power measurement; Reverberation chamber; Testing; Throughput; MIMO Over-The-Air; mode-stirred reverberation chamber;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206038
