Title :
Outdoor Channel Characterization of MIMO-LTE Antenna Configurations through Measurements
Author :
Oikonomopoulos-Zachos, C. ; Ould, T. ; Arnold, Martin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Antennas & EM-Modelling, IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany
Abstract :
In this paper different MIMO-antenna configurations are tested in a real outdoor MIMO-LTE environment. The outdoor investigations took place in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany, where Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) provided an LTE base station for the measurements. The various MIMO-antennas were mounted in different positions on a BMW 525d station wagon. The measurements were performed in the upper LTE frequency band at 2.6 GHz. Here, the results of the yielded data throughput as well as an analysis of the variations of the modulation technique depending on the received SNR will be presented and some preliminary conclusions will be discussed.
Keywords :
Long Term Evolution; MIMO communication; UHF antennas; antenna arrays; mobile antennas; modulation; ALU; Alcatel-Lucent; BMW 525d station wagon; Germany; LTE base station; MIMO-LTE antenna configuration; Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen; modulation technique; outdoor channel characterization; upper LTE frequency band; Antenna measurements; Dipole antennas; MIMO; Mirrors; Throughput; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 2012 IEEE 75th
Conference_Location :
Yokohama
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0989-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-2252
DOI :
10.1109/VETECS.2012.6240252
