Active throughput measurements for complete MIMO WLAN systems using dual reverberation chamber technique

A reliable, repeatable and fast measurement procedure for a complete Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system is presented. Application level throughput is presented as a performance metric to reflect the actual throughput delivered to the end user by a WLAN system. The employed technique involves the use of two reverberation chambers to cope with the real world scenario of low Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) proximity and to effectively control the rank of a communication channel.