MIMO performance optimisation of car antennas

Author

Geissler, M. ; Oikonomopoulos-Zachos, C. ; Ould, T. ; Arnold, M.

Author_Institution

IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

26-30 March 2012

Firstpage

2750

Lastpage

2753

Abstract

This paper deals with the design and optimization of MIMO antenna systems for cars. In order to optimize the antennas´ performance, it is necessary to investigate the whole communication system chain including the antenna configurations, the propagation channel as well as the baseband MIMO algorithms. A system simulator has been set up including all those elements. This simulator is able to perform “virtual test drives” within predetermined scenarios. It can be used to optimize the MIMO antenna configuration in the car with respect to the whole communication system. Significant performance improvements can be obtained.

Keywords

MIMO communication; antennas; electrical engineering computing; MIMO performance optimisation; antenna configurations; baseband MIMO algorithms; car antennas; propagation channel; system simulator; virtual test drives; whole communication system chain; Antennas; MIMO; Optimization; Solid modeling; Three dimensional displays; Throughput; MIMO; car antenna; modelling; performance optimisation; system simulation; virtual test drive;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206423

Filename

6206423