Title :
MIMO performance optimisation of car antennas
Author :
Geissler, M. ; Oikonomopoulos-Zachos, C. ; Ould, T. ; Arnold, M.
Author_Institution :
IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany
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;
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.2012.6206423
