System level evaluation for vehicular MIMO antennas in simulated and measured channels

Author

Posselt, Adrian ; Ekiz, Levent ; Klemp, Oliver ; Geck, B. ; Mecklenbrauker, Christoph F.

Author_Institution

BMW Group Res. & Technol., Munich, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

3051

Lastpage

3054

Abstract

In this contribution, we present a system level based evaluation metric for automotive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antennas. We introduce suitable performance indicators based on calculation and assessment of channel capacity and condition number. An evaluation and calibration of the proposed metric is performed both by simulation and measurements in fading channels. The approach enables an evaluation of MIMO antennas for automotive use, which includes effects due to vehicular antenna integration or channel conditions, which have an impact on the overall system performance.

Keywords

MIMO communication; channel capacity; fading channels; mobile antennas; mobile radio; automotive multiple-input-multiple-output antennas; channel capacity assessment; fading channels; system level evaluation; vehicular MIMO antennas; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Channel capacity; Correlation; MIMO; Vehicles; Antenna; LTE-measurement; MIMO; System-level Evaluation; channel-simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902471

Filename

6902471