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Massive MIMO From a Terminal Perspective

Bengtsson, Erik L LU (2019) 124(124).
Abstract
This thesis focuses on the terminal aspects of massive MIMO systems. Based on the degree of freedom a terminal have in a MaMi, different antenna configurations, transceiver topologies with associated transmission schemes, and the underlying algorithms are researched.

The first studied topic concerns multiple-antenna terminals in a massive MIMO system for sub-6 GHz, operated at the center frequency of 3.7 GHz. Simulation environments based on fully-stochastic as well as geometric-stochastic approaches are developed and the results are compared to measured.
For the measurements the Lund University Massive MIMO (LuMaMi) testbed has been used. To enable evaluation of multi-antenna terminals, modifications to the LuMaMi framework... (More)
This thesis focuses on the terminal aspects of massive MIMO systems. Based on the degree of freedom a terminal have in a MaMi, different antenna configurations, transceiver topologies with associated transmission schemes, and the underlying algorithms are researched.

The first studied topic concerns multiple-antenna terminals in a massive MIMO system for sub-6 GHz, operated at the center frequency of 3.7 GHz. Simulation environments based on fully-stochastic as well as geometric-stochastic approaches are developed and the results are compared to measured.
For the measurements the Lund University Massive MIMO (LuMaMi) testbed has been used. To enable evaluation of multi-antenna terminals, modifications to the LuMaMi framework have been necessary. Real-time diversity schemes for dual antenna terminals as well as a channel capturing feature have been implemented. The latter, to enable analysis and post processing of measured channels from the multi-antenna terminals.

Multi-antenna terminal prototypes with integrated antennas, based on real Sony Xperia smartphone chassis where designed for the evaluation. The three-dimensional antenna gain-patterns have been characterized in an anechoic chamber to ensure that simulations and measurements have a common ground.

The second topic in this thesis relates to mm-wave massive MIMO systems. As a first step toward evaluation of handsets, a 28 GHz channel sounder has been developed for the measurement of dynamic, highly resolved, in both temporal and spatial domains, propagation channels. To enable measurements, a 256$\times$128 antenna-element system was designed together with a control program to handle the switching and the enormous amount of data.
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supervisor
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  • Professor Ekman, Nils Torbjörn, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
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type
Thesis
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Massive MIMO, mm-wave, terminal antenna, channel sounding, Propagation Channel, sub 6 GHz
volume
124
issue
124
edition
1
pages
274 pages
publisher
Department of Electrical and Information Technology, Lund University
defense location
Lecture Hall E:1406, E-Building, Ole Römers väg 3, Lund University, Faculty of Engineering LTH, Lund
defense date
2019-09-27 09:00:00
ISSN
1654-790X
1654-790X
ISBN
978-91-7895-254-0
978-91-7895-253-3
language
English
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yes
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  abstract     = {{This thesis focuses on the terminal aspects of massive MIMO systems. Based on the degree of freedom a terminal have in a MaMi, different antenna configurations, transceiver topologies with associated transmission schemes, and the underlying algorithms are researched.<br/><br/>The first studied topic concerns multiple-antenna terminals in a massive MIMO system for sub-6 GHz, operated at the center frequency of 3.7 GHz. Simulation environments based on fully-stochastic as well as geometric-stochastic approaches are developed and the results are compared to measured. <br/>For the measurements the Lund University Massive MIMO (LuMaMi) testbed has been used. To enable evaluation of multi-antenna terminals, modifications to the LuMaMi framework have been necessary. Real-time diversity schemes for dual antenna terminals as well as a channel capturing feature have been implemented. The latter, to enable analysis and post processing of measured channels from the multi-antenna terminals. <br/><br/>Multi-antenna terminal prototypes with integrated antennas, based on real Sony Xperia smartphone chassis where designed for the evaluation. The three-dimensional antenna gain-patterns have been characterized in an anechoic chamber to ensure that simulations and measurements have a common ground. <br/><br/>The second topic in this thesis relates to mm-wave massive MIMO systems. As a first step toward evaluation of handsets, a 28 GHz channel sounder has been developed for the measurement of dynamic, highly resolved, in both temporal and spatial domains, propagation channels. To enable measurements, a 256$\times$128 antenna-element system was designed together with a control program to handle the switching and the enormous amount of data.<br/>}},
  author       = {{Bengtsson, Erik L}},
  isbn         = {{978-91-7895-254-0}},
  issn         = {{1654-790X}},
  keywords     = {{Massive MIMO; mm-wave; terminal antenna; channel sounding; Propagation Channel; sub 6 GHz}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{09}},
  number       = {{124}},
  publisher    = {{Department of Electrical and Information Technology, Lund University}},
  school       = {{Lund University}},
  title        = {{Massive MIMO From a Terminal Perspective}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/69043411/Thesis_Erik_B_Final.pdf}},
  volume       = {{124}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}