Over-the-air performance evaluation of mobile terminals (2016)

  • Description:

    Historically, Over-the-air (OTA) testing has been used and standardized to evaluate radio performance of antenna systems. OTA testing of single-antenna systems has been standardized for more than ten years, where solely antenna gain-related parameters are selected to characterize single antenna performance. These figures are not sufficient for multiple-antenna systems. For multiple-antenna systems, the performance is determined together by the antenna design and the propagation channels. Furthermore, new capabilities with multiple antenna systems, e.g., an adaptive radiation pattern to improve signal level or to reduce interference, require a knowledge of propagation channels. Various OTA methodologies have been proposed to evaluate MIMO mobile terminals, where the objective is to assess the performance of MIMO devices in a reliable, repeatable, and feasible way in laboratory conditions.

    Main topics of the course: OTA testing of single antenna systems, Spatial channel models, MIMO channel modeling, Multipath propagation, OTA testing of multiple antenna systems, MIMO antenna performance evaluation, channel emulation and channel estimation.

    Prerequisites: Basic BSc/MSc course in electromagnetics, antenna and propagation



    Organizer: Wei Fan

    Lecturers: Wei Fan

    ECTS: 1

    Time: 25 – 26 May 2016

    Place: 

    Zip code:     9220

    City:     Aalborg

    Number of seats: 25

    Deadline: May 1, 2016

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