Design and implementation of an active multibeam antenna system with 64 RF channels and 256 antenna elements for massive MIMO application in 5G wireless communications

Author

Pang Xingdong ; Hong Wei ; Yang Tianyang ; Li Linsheng

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Millimeter Waves, Southeast Univ., Nanjing, China

Volume

11

Issue

11

fYear

2014

fDate

Nov. 2014

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

23

Abstract

This paper focuses on the design and implementation of an active multibeam antenna system for massive MIMO applications in 5G wireless communications. The highly integrated active multibeam antenna system is designed and implemented at 5.8 GHz with 64 RF Channels and 256 antenna elements. The 64-channel highly integrated active multibeam antenna system provides a verification platform for digital beamforming algorithm and massive MIMO channel estimation for next generation wireless communications.

Keywords

5G mobile communication; active antennas; array signal processing; channel estimation; 5G wireless communications; RF channels; active multibeam antenna system; digital beamforming algorithm; massive MIMO channel estimation; next generation wireless communications; 5G mobile communication; Antennas; Array signal processing; MIMO; Mobile communication; Radio frequency; Wireless communication; 5G; 5G wireless communications; Massive MIMO; active multibeam antenna system; digital beamforming;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, China

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1673-5447

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/CC.2014.7004520

Filename

7004520