Title :
LTE MIMO throughput measurement method for characterization of multi-antenna terminal performance
Author :
Patané, Christian S Lötbäck ; Orlenius, Charlie
Author_Institution :
Bluetest AB, Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
This paper presents experiences and results from LTE MIMO throughput measurements of a USB dongle in a reverberation test system. The measurements are performed with the dongle itself and also when it is connected to external diversity antennas with high and low correlation. Three different maximum bit rates are used, 59, 70 and 81 Mbps. The results illustrate that it is possible to separate a good antenna design from a bad from reverberation chamber measurements. Also, the effect of using a laptop test fixture, or a laptop dummy, instead of having the host computer present in the chamber, is demonstrated. It is shown that the noise induced by the host computer degrades the performance of the dongle.
Keywords :
Long Term Evolution; MIMO communication; antenna arrays; diversity reception; LTE; MIMO; USB dongle; external diversity antennas; maximum bit rates; multi antenna terminal performance; reverberation chamber measurements; reverberation test system; throughput measurement method; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Bit rate; Computers; Correlation; MIMO; Throughput; LTE; MIMO; laptop test fixture; reverberation chamber; throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Spokane, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9562-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2011.5996378
