Wearable ultra-wideband channel sounder for MIMO antenna systems

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Abstract

A novel wearable channel sounder capable of characterising bodyworn ultra-wideband MIMO antenna systems is presented. The new system is based on RF-over-fibre technology and its baseline performance was established through single channel measurements in a range of environments: a reverberation chamber for both line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight conditions, and an indoor residential setting. As expected, wideband channel parameters, including mean excess delay and RMS delay spread, were shown to be strongly dependent on the environment. Moreover, the results show that the channel sounder had a maximum operating distance of 11.5 m and 3.3 m for outdoor line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight conditions, respectively. Enhanced multipath contributions led to an increase in range for the indoor environment where the maximum line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight operating distances were 35 m and 3.6 m, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIET Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2008
Pages224-229
Number of pages6
Edition539 CP
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
EventIET Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2008 - Galway, Ireland
Duration: 18 Jun 200819 Jun 2008

Publication series

NameIET Conference Publications
Number539 CP

Conference

ConferenceIET Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2008
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityGalway
Period18/06/0819/06/08

Keywords

  • MIMO
  • Multipath
  • Propagation
  • UWB

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