天线间隔对室内非视距MIMO信道容量的影响

采用2维射线跟踪法分析了天线间隔对非视距室内环境中MIMO系统容量ccdfs的影响。结果表明，天线间隔对MIMO系统容量影响非常显著，而且天线数目不同，天线间隔对MIMO系统容量影响不同。天线间隔越大，系统容量越接近Telatar所预测的MIMO系统容量；但随着天线间隔的减小，系统容量则会显著降低。对于相同天线间隔的多天线系统，随着天线数目的增加，系统所能实现的独立同分布瑞利信道容量的百分比越低。     

天线阵结构对非视距室内MIMO信道容量的影响

采用2维射线跟踪法分析了非视距室内环境中天线间隔、天线阵形对MIMO系统容量和互补累积分布函数(CCDF)的影响。结果表明随着天线间隔减小,MIMO系统容量降低。10%中断容量表明,天线间隔相同时,有独立同分布瑞利信道容量大于线性阵容量大于方阵容量或者圆形阵容量的关系。当天线间隔大于等于3 时,不同天线阵列阵形对容量影响非常小,此时i.i.d.瑞利信道理论容量几乎全部实现。当天线间隔小于等于1 时,天线阵列阵形对容量影响较大,矩形阵和圆形阵MIMO系统容量相差较小,但都显著小于线性阵列系统容量。在非视距的室内环境中,要实现最大的MIMO容量增益,设计天线阵列时应该对天线间隔和阵列阵形综合考虑。     

Indoor channel characteristics based on wideband MIMO measurements at 5.25 GHz

Extensive indoor channel measurements were conducted in Beijing with wideband multiple-input multiple-output （MIMO） sounder at 5.25 GHz. Both line-of-sight （LOS） and non-line-of-sight （NLOS） propagation were measured in the indoor office and hotspot scenarios. On the basis of measured data, statistical channel characteristics are presented in this article, including the empirical path loss （PL） models, three excess delay parameters, circular azimuth spread （CAS）, and circular elevation spread （CES）. Comparative analysis of different propagation mechanisms in two scenarios is conducted. These values are significant for indoor coverage and technical research of MIMO and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing （OFDM） for the international mobile telecommunications-advanced （IMT-Advanced） system.     

Empirical analysis of a 2 x 2 MIMO channel in outdoor-indoor scenarios for BFWA applications

The unquestionable advantages of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are having a strong influence on the development of new wireless systems, both in wireless local-area networks (WLANs), and in those designed to offer broadband fixed wireless access (BFWA) services in wireless metropolitan-area networks (WMANs). The MIMO channel characterization in different environments and for different operating frequency bands is a crucial factor in the design of new systems and standards, and for adequate planning of existing systems. This article makes two main contributions. First, the experimental characterization of a 2 times 2 MIMO channel at a frequency of 2.4 GHz in a canonical outdoor-indoor scenario is presented. The channel characterization performed includes the analysis of the spatial correlation between the MIMO system subchannels and its impact on the channel capacity. Second, on the basis of the capacity results obtained, a proposal is made for the use of a 2 times 2 MIMO system in outdoor-indoor scenarios for BFWA applications in metropolitan environments. The proposal is based on the experimentally verified hypothesis that the path loss due to building penetration can be practically compensated for by the diversity gain of 2 times 2 systems     

A stochastic multipath channel model including path directions for indoor environments

A novel stochastic channel model for the indoor propagation channel is presented. It is especially for, but not limited to future communication systems with multiple antennas like space division multiple access (SDMA), spatial filtering for interference reduction (SFIR), or multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO). The model is designed for indoor scenarios, straight forward extendable to urban environments. It is based on physical wave propagation. The new approach describes the channel by multipath components, each characterized by its transfer matrix (including loss), delay, direction of arrival, and departure. The appearance and disappearance of multipath components over time is modeled as a birth and death process, a marked Poisson process. This enables first-time the correct modeling of spatial and temporal correlations. In each modeling step, path properties change according to the motion of transmitter and receiver. The changing delay times of propagation paths yield a realistic Doppler behavior of the channel. Deterministic ray tracing results are used to produce the huge data sets required for the statistical evaluation of the parameters of the proposed model. This method enables an automated parameter extraction for new environments or frequencies. The ray tracing tool has been verified by narrowband, wideband, and directional channel measurements. The novel stochastic spatial channel model allows the simulation of third-generation broadband radio systems including arbitrary antenna configurations and patterns. System simulations for the bit-error rate of radio links can be performed including intelligent antenna configurations like SDMA, SFIR, or MIMO. Furthermore, the capacity of complete systems can be investigated.     

Field Measurements with a 5.25 GHz Broadband MIMO-OFDM Communication System

Theoretical capacity calculations and corresponding simulations show significant capacity/throughput gains from MIMO systems. Whether these gains are achievable in a real system, deployed in a practical environment, depends on a variety of factors, such as the choice of the communication algorithms, analog impairments and the "quality" of the wireless channel to sustain MEMO communications. In this paper, a 5.25 GHz broadband MIMO-OFDM testbed is described along with field measurements conducted with it. The MIMO-OFDM communication algorithms and also the impact of analog impairments on the performance of the system are described. Detailed system calibration results are described which serve as a baseline for results of field measurements. The results of wireless measurements are compared with the theoretical capacity, computed with the channel estimates obtained during the demodulation process. The average achievable capacity in the indoor wireless environment is shown to be 9.97 bps/Hz (bits per sec per Hz) while the capacity loss due to analog impairments and the choice of algorithms is about 2.33 bps/Hz. Also, field measurements conducted with the system in various environments are presented comparing the average throughput/capacity achieved in each of these environments.     

A ray-tracing approach for indoor/outdoor propagation throughwindow structures

A ray-tracing approach for indoor/outdoor propagation through windows is proposed. Using both the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method and a ray-tracing algorithm, several cases of indoor/outdoor propagation through windows were investigated. It is shown that wave transmission through windows cannot generally be accounted for through a single transmission coefficient parameter. Instead, a full diffraction pattern needs to be accounted for and multiple-ray representation is therefore required. It is also shown that a single window model may be used to calculate transmission through set of windows in a typical building structure as a building block. Results from the implementation of a multiple-ray representation and FDTD simulations showed good agreement. Results were validated for both normal and oblique incident cases. The developed ray-tracing approach, therefore, facilitates the use of the developed window model in available ray-tracing algorithms often used for propagation characterization of urban environments. Simulation results were further validated by conducting measurements on scaled models at 30 GHz. The experimental results agreed well with the simulation data, thus validating the accuracy of the developed ray-tracing model for transmission through windows     

MIMO channel capacity and modeling issues on a measured indoor radio channel at 5.8 GHz

Multiple transmitters and receivers can be used to provide high link capacity in future wireless systems. Herein, an analysis of indoor environment multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) measurements in the industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band at 5.8 GHz is performed and the possible increase in capacity, utilizing multiple transmitters and receivers is examined. The investigation shows that in the measured indoor environment, the scattering is sufficiently rich to provide substantial link capacity increases. Furthermore, the effect of intra-element spacing on the channel capacity is studied. Our investigation also shows that the envelope of the channel coefficients for this obstructed-line-of-sight (OLOS) indoor scenario is approximately Rayleigh distributed and the MIMO channel covariance matrix can be well approximated by a Kronecker product of the covariance matrices describing the correlation at the transmitter side and the receiver side, respectively. A statistical narrowband model for the OLOS indoor MIMO channel based on this covariance structure is presented.     

Efficient Multielement Ray Tracing With Site-Specific Comparisons Using Measured MIMO Channel Data

In this paper, an advanced site-specific image-based ray-tracing model is developed that enables multielement outdoor propagation analysis to be performed in dense urban environments. Sophisticated optimization techniques, such as preprocessing the environment database using object partitioning, visibility determination, diffraction image tree precalculation, and parallel processing are used to improve run-time efficiency. Wideband and multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) site-specific predictions (including derived parameters such as theoretic capacity and eigenstructure) are compared with outdoor site-specific measurements at 1.92 GHz. Results show strong levels of agreement, with a mean path-loss error of 2 dB and a mean normalized-capacity error of 1.5 b/s/Hz. Physical-layer packet-error rate (PER) results are generated and compared for a range of MIMO-orthogonal frequency-division-multiplexing (OFDM) schemes using measured and predicted multielement channel data. A mean E_b/N ₀ error (compared to PER results from measured channel data) of 4 and 1 dB is observed for spatial-multiplexing and space-time block-code schemes, respectively. Results indicate that the ray-tracing model successfully predicts key channel parameters (including MIMO channel structure) and thus enable the accurate prediction of PER and service coverage for emerging MIMO-OFDM networks such as 802.11n and 802.16e     

基于射线追踪法的卫星通信MIMO信道特性研究

卫星信道的研究一直是卫星通信系统的难点,传统上的研究方法都有很明显的缺陷。将来,卫星移动通信系统会使用MIMO分集技术,这更增加了卫星通信系统研究的难度。而近年来,随着射线追踪法的发展,运用射线追踪法研究卫星通信信道成为现实,具有很多优势。运用射线追踪法,建立了城市环境下卫星移动通信MIMO信道的射线追踪模型,对其空间分集和极化分集性能进行了模型仿真性研究。结果表明,MIMO信道的射线追踪技术能有效提高信道容量。     

Body-Worn Distributed MIMO System

In this paper, we analyze the performance of novel wearable multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems, which consist of multiple electrotextile wearable antennas distributed at different locations on human clothing. For wearable applications, a semidirectional radiation pattern of the wearable patch antenna is preferred over an omnidirectional radiation of conventional dipole antennas to avoid unnecessary radiation exposure to the human body and radiation losses. Additionally, the spatial distribution of the antennas is not constrained as a typical handheld unit. Through theoretical modeling and simulation, the wearable MIMO system is shown to demonstrate a significantly higher channel capacity than a conventional system on a handheld platform (e.g., a compact dipole array or a single dipole), due to enhanced spatial diversity and antenna pattern diversity. The unique effects of antenna directivity and location on the MIMO system capacity are investigated in terms of antenna correlation and effective gain under different wireless channel models. The advantage of a wearable system over a conventional system was further confirmed by detailed physical modeling through the combination of full-wave electromagnetic and ray-tracing simulations. Finally, complex channel response matrices were measured to characterize the performance of a body-worn MIMO system in comparison with a reference full-size dipole antenna. The 319% improvement in 10% outage capacity for the body-worn system over the reference system made of a full-size dipole antenna is consistent with the 288% improvement projected by theoretical modeling and the average 300% improvement found in the physical simulation of two typical indoor scenarios.     

Measurements on scaled models of urban environments and comparisonswith ray-tracing propagation simulation

Scaled models of simple two-dimensional (2-D) urban environments are considered in order to investigate propagation along a vertical plane. Specifically, path loss measurements are taken for different positions of the transmitting and receiving antennas at 25 GHz. Then measurement results are compared with theoretical predictions computed by a ray-tracing polygonal line simulator. The measurements indicate a very good agreement between the ray-tracing model and the experiments     

Accuracy analysis of GO/UTD radio-channel modeling in indoorscenarios at 1.8 and 2.5 GHz

Ray-tracing techniques have been widely used as simulation tools for the design and planning of wireless systems, both in urban microcells and in indoor picocells, due to the site-specific nature of those environments. However, the value of such tools depends on the accuracy of the predictions when compared to measurements in real-world propagation environments. In this paper, the accuracy of a ray-tracing technique based on a full three-dimensional implementation of GO/UTD is analyzed, by comparison between measurements and simulations carried out for different indoor wireless-propagation environments and in different frequency bands. The narrowband analysis shows that both the mean level of the received signal and the statistical behavior of its variations about the mean can be accurately estimated. In the wideband analysis, the comparison between measured and simulated power-delay profiles shows that both the amplitude and arrival times of the main multipath components can be well predicted. The statistical distributions of the measured and simulated wideband parameters are also compared, showing good agreement     

基于射线跟踪法的73 GHz走廊环境MIMO信道特性研究

为了研究5G室内走廊环境的毫米波传输特性,通过射线跟踪仿真方法预测了室内走廊环境下73 GHz毫米波MIMO信道特性。介绍了实验的仿真环境和射线跟踪仿真预测的实验方法和具体参数设置。研究了室内走廊环境下73 GHz毫米波MIMO信道的路径损耗、RMS时延扩展和MIMO信道容量变化。发现了路径损耗斜率和RMS时延数值较小。研究MIMO容量随距离变化时发现,收发机沿走廊纵向方向中间处会产生容量峰值,主要是由于该处散射丰富,NLOS分量大。研究MIMO容量特性发现增大天线间距和增大天线阵列规模可以提升容量,但是采用4×64 Massive MIMO相对于采用4×4 MIMO时容量提升较为有限。实验证实了73 GHz毫米波MIMO可以用于室内走廊环境。     

Characterisation of propagation in 60 GHz radio channels

Narrowband as well as wideband measurements have been performed in various indoor and outdoor environments in order to enable the development of reliable prediction models for 60 GHz radio channels. In addition, results of deterministic modelling on the basis of geometric ray-tracing have been compared with measurement results, showing that simple ray-tracing can be used to estimate both the narrowband and wideband characteristics of a 60 GHz radio channel. This paper reviews the measurement and modelling activities performed by various research institutes     

Dual-polarization versus single-polarization MIMO channel measurement results and modeling

This paper presents a simple multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) channel model that predicts the eigenvalue distribution and hence, the capacity of MIMO systems using vertically polarized and dual-polarized transmit-antenna configurations with dual-polarized receive antennas. The channel model is verified using broadband outdoor channel measurements taken by a 2 x 3 MIMO system in the 2.5 GHz band.     

Effects of antenna directivity and polarization on indoor multipathpropagation characteristics at 60 GHz

In millimeter-wave indoor communications systems, the radiation patterns and polarizations of the antennas at base stations and remote terminals have a significant influence on channel characteristics. The work reported in this paper investigated the effects of the radiation patterns of the antennas at remote terminals on multipath propagation characteristics. These effects were investigated by indoor propagation measurements at 60 GHz conducted in a modern office room and by ray-tracing simulations based on geometrical optics. Multipath channel characteristics are compared in terms of impulse responses and their root-mean-square (rms) delay spreads for an omnidirectional antenna and for three directive antennas with different beam widths. From the results of measurements and ray-tracing simulations, the use of a directive antenna at the remote terminal is demonstrated to be an effective method of reducing the effects of multipath propagation. Further reduction in the multipath effects is found to be achieved by the use of circular polarization instead of linear polarization with the directive antennas     

Empirical comparison of MIMO and beamforming schemes for outdoor-indoor scenarios

We present an empirically based comparative study of spectral efficiency for a variety of transmission systems applicable to a fixed or repositionable wireless environment, in the context of Wi-Fi, WiMAX or MuniNet systems. A narrowband 4×4 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) channel sounder was constructed and a series of outdoor to indoor measurements were carried out, in multiple locations and with different array configurations. The channel measurements were used to compute the efficiency of different systems that could be deployed in such scenarios, ranging from a full MIMO system with perfect Channel State Information (CSI) at both ends to simple diversity schemes such as classical beamforming. We show comparisons of efficiency for the different transmit/receive configurations operating in a representative variety of locations. Our results indicate that for low values of signal to noise ratio (SNR), in the range of 5dB, such as found in strong interference scenarios, simple schemes can achieve median spectral efficiencies as high as 80% of that of MIMO with complete CSI.     

28 GHz MIMO无线信道特性分析与研究

基于室内视距(Line-of-Sight,LOS)和非视距(Non-Line-of-Sight,NLOS)无线信道测量数据,研究了28 GHz多输入多输出(Multiple-Input Multiple-Output,MIMO)信道参数和容量特性.具体地说,分析了莱斯K因子、时延扩展、出发角和到达角的角度扩展等信道参数,研究了MIMO信道容量及空间相关性对容量的影响.结果表明:莱斯K因子、时延扩展以及角度扩展值取决于测量环境及场景;LOS条件下时延扩展的累积分布函数(Cumulative Distribution Function,CDF)曲线与正态分布拟合优于NLOS条件下的数据;MIMO天线空间相关性越大信道容量越小.本文结果可为28 GHz无线通信系统设计提供有用信息.