Title :
On the number of OTA antenna elements for plane-wave synthesis in a MIMO-OTA test system involving a circular antenna array
Author :
Laitinen, Tommi ; Kyösti, Pekka ; Nuutinen, Jukka-Pekka ; Vainikainen, Pertti
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Dept. of Radio Sci. & Eng., Aalto Univ., Aalto, Finland
Abstract :
To provide background scientific information for the on-going development process of an over-the-air (OTA) test standard for MIMO (multiple input multiple output) terminals, this paper presents a theoretical study on the generation of the plane-wave conditions to the test zone with a finite number of OTA antennas. In particular, such a MIMO-OTA test system is considered, where the OTA antennas lie in the horizontal plane on a circle around the test zone.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; antenna arrays; antenna testing; standards; MIMO-OTA test system; OTA antenna elements; circular antenna array; over-the-air test standard; planewave synthesis; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antenna theory; Antennas and propagation; Azimuth; MIMO; Proposals; Standardization; Standards development; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2010 Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6431-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-84-7653-472-4
