Six-port technology for millimeter wave MIMO systems

Author

Jiang, Tianzi ; Hammou, D. ; Hannachi, C. ; Nedil, Mourad ; Frigon, Jean-Francois ; Wu, Kaijie ; Tatu, Serioja Ovidiu

Author_Institution

Poly-Grames Res. Center, Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada

fYear

2013

fDate

6-10 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1591

Lastpage

1594

Abstract

In this paper, a millimeter wave 2×2 MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) six-port based architecture is proposed and analyzed. This line-of-sight MIMO configuration doubles the data rate without increasing channel bandwidth and exploits spatial diversity. In the system analysis, two pseudo-random BPSK signals of 2 Gb/s data rate are transmitted on two MIMO orthogonal channels. The inherent MIMO spatial and additional quadrature diversity (due to six-port interferometry) allows improvements in bit error rate (BER) when the distance changes versus the optimal Rayleigh value. The six-port receivers are modelled in advanced system simulations using on-wafer S-parameter measurements on a fabricated prototype.

Keywords

MIMO communication; error statistics; interferometry; BER; MIMO orthogonal channels; advanced system simulations; bit error rate; channel bandwidth; data rate; fabricated prototype; line-of-sight MIMO configuration; millimeter wave MIMO systems; on-wafer S-parameter measurements; optimal Rayleigh value; quadrature diversity; six-port interferometry; six-port technology; spatial diversity; system analysis; two pseudo-random BPSK signals; Binary phase shift keying; Bit error rate; MIMO; Millimeter wave technology; Receivers; Transmission line measurements; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2013 European

Conference_Location

Nuremberg

Type

conf

Filename

6686976