Title :
Experimental validation of ray-tracing based assessment of MIMO performance
Author :
Sood, Neeraj ; Yuchu He ; Eleftheriades, George ; Sarris, Costas D.
Author_Institution :
Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are evaluated in an indoor rectangular corridor using experimental measurements and an image based 3-D ray-tracing tool. The performance of a small 2×2 metamaterial inspired antenna array is compared against that of an array of closely spaced monopoles. Simulated and measured results lead to similar conclusions about the relative performance of the two MIMO systems under comparison. Some observed discrepancies are also discussed thereby leading to a summary of some of the challenges associated with this type of studies.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; indoor radio; metamaterial antennas; ray tracing; MIMO performance; closely spaced monopole antenna array; image based 3-D ray-tracing tool; indoor rectangular corridor; multiple-input multiple-output systems; ray-tracing based assessment; small 2×2 metamaterial inspired antenna array; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Channel capacity; MIMO; Metamaterials; Mutual coupling;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5315-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2013.6711636
