Near-field MIMO communication utilizing both electric and magnetic field components

Author

Nikravan, M.A. ; Do-Hoon Kwon ; Schantz, Hans G. ; Unden, Alfred H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 July 2014

Firstpage

474

Lastpage

475

Abstract

A wireless channel multiplexing method which utilizes both electric and magnetic field components of an electromagnetic wave as separate information carriers in the near-field region is presented. It is shown that multiplexing gain can be obtained in free space in the absence of scattering as well as indoor environments. Measured indoor channels at 1 MHz validate capacity enhancement of the proposed 2×2 MIMO link compared with the reference SISO link.

Keywords

MIMO communication; electric fields; indoor radio; magnetic fields; multiplexing; near-field communication; telecommunication channels; wireless channels; MIMO link; SISO link; electric field components; electromagnetic wave; frequency 1 MHz; indoor channels; indoor environments; magnetic field components; multiplexing gain; near-field MIMO communication; scattering; wireless channel multiplexing method; Antenna measurements; Channel capacity; MIMO; Magnetic separation; Multiplexing; Receiving antennas; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Memphis, TN

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3538-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2014.6904568

Filename

6904568