Over-the-air Testing of a 32 x 32 Daisy Chain MIMO Antenna

Taiki Fukushima, Nana Narukawa, Kazuhiro Honda, Koichi Ogawa

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Abstract

We are currently developing a new concept of large-scale MIMO systems, called 'Daisy Chain MIMO Antenna,' that utilizes circular beam scanning array technology. Great emphasis is placed on a way of achieving a large-scale MIMO antenna at a mobile side that provides full-azimuth coverage. This paper presents the over-the-air (OTA) testing of a 32 x 32 daisy chain MIMO array antenna using a two-dimensional fading emulator. The MIMO antenna presented in this paper comprises 64 half-wavelength dipole antenna elements arranged in a daisy chain array structure, where 32 subarrays are formed by pairing dipole elements in each subarray; the antenna yields 32 independent subchannels for MIMO transmission, and covers all communication targets regardless of their position relative to the array. The measured results using a fading emulator show that the developed MIMO antenna can provide a channel capacity of more than 200 bits/s/Hz at a signal-to-noise power ratio (SNR) of 30 dB over 360 degrees in azimuth, which is equivalent to 20 Gbps for a bandwidth of 100 MHz.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 PhotonIcs and Electromagnetics Research Symposium - Spring, PIERS-Spring 2019 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages824-830
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781728134031
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019/06
Event2019 PhotonIcs and Electromagnetics Research Symposium - Spring, PIERS-Spring 2019 - Rome, Italy
Duration: 2019/06/172019/06/20

Publication series

NameProgress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium
Volume2019-June
ISSN (Print)1559-9450
ISSN (Electronic)1931-7360

Conference

Conference2019 PhotonIcs and Electromagnetics Research Symposium - Spring, PIERS-Spring 2019
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRome
Period2019/06/172019/06/20

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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