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Serving 22 users in real-time with a 128-antenna massive MIMO testbed

Harris, Paul V. ; Hasan, Wael Boukley ; Malkowsky, Steffen LU ; Vieira, Joao LU ; Zhang, Siming ; Beach, Mark ; Liu, Liang LU orcid ; Mellios, Evangelos ; Nix, Andrew and Armour, Simon , et al. (2016) 2016 IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, SiPS 2016 p.266-272
Abstract

This paper presents preliminary results for a novel 128-antenna massive Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO) testbed developed through Bristol Is Open in collaboration with National Instruments and Lund University. We believe that the results presented here validate the adoption of massive MIMO as a key enabling technology for 5G and pave the way for further pragmatic research by the massive MIMO community. The testbed operates in real-time with a Long-Term Evolution (LTE)-like PHY in Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode and supports up to 24 spatial streams, providing an excellent basis for comparison with existing standards and complimentary testbeds. Through line-of-sight (LOS) measurements at 3.51 GHz in an indoor atrium environment... (More)

This paper presents preliminary results for a novel 128-antenna massive Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO) testbed developed through Bristol Is Open in collaboration with National Instruments and Lund University. We believe that the results presented here validate the adoption of massive MIMO as a key enabling technology for 5G and pave the way for further pragmatic research by the massive MIMO community. The testbed operates in real-time with a Long-Term Evolution (LTE)-like PHY in Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode and supports up to 24 spatial streams, providing an excellent basis for comparison with existing standards and complimentary testbeds. Through line-of-sight (LOS) measurements at 3.51 GHz in an indoor atrium environment with 12 user clients, an uncoded system sum-rate of 1.59 Gbps was achieved in real-time using a single 20 MHz LTE band, equating to 79.4 bits/s/Hz. In a subsequent indoor trial, 22 user clients were successfully served, which would equate to 145.6 bits/s/Hz using the same frame schedule. To the best of the author's knowledge, these are the highest spectral efficiencies achieved for any wireless system to date.

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5G, Field Trial, Indoor, Massive MIMO, Testbed
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Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, SiPS 2016
article number
7780108
pages
7 pages
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
2016 IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, SiPS 2016
conference location
Dallas, United States
conference dates
2016-10-26 - 2016-10-28
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  • wos:000391377600047
  • scopus:85013191678
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9781509033614
DOI
10.1109/SiPS.2016.54
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English
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  abstract     = {{<p>This paper presents preliminary results for a novel 128-antenna massive Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO) testbed developed through Bristol Is Open in collaboration with National Instruments and Lund University. We believe that the results presented here validate the adoption of massive MIMO as a key enabling technology for 5G and pave the way for further pragmatic research by the massive MIMO community. The testbed operates in real-time with a Long-Term Evolution (LTE)-like PHY in Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode and supports up to 24 spatial streams, providing an excellent basis for comparison with existing standards and complimentary testbeds. Through line-of-sight (LOS) measurements at 3.51 GHz in an indoor atrium environment with 12 user clients, an uncoded system sum-rate of 1.59 Gbps was achieved in real-time using a single 20 MHz LTE band, equating to 79.4 bits/s/Hz. In a subsequent indoor trial, 22 user clients were successfully served, which would equate to 145.6 bits/s/Hz using the same frame schedule. To the best of the author's knowledge, these are the highest spectral efficiencies achieved for any wireless system to date.</p>}},
  author       = {{Harris, Paul V. and Hasan, Wael Boukley and Malkowsky, Steffen and Vieira, Joao and Zhang, Siming and Beach, Mark and Liu, Liang and Mellios, Evangelos and Nix, Andrew and Armour, Simon and Doufexi, Angela and Nieman, Karl and Kundargi, Nikhil}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, SiPS 2016}},
  isbn         = {{9781509033614}},
  keywords     = {{5G; Field Trial; Indoor; Massive MIMO; Testbed}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{12}},
  pages        = {{266--272}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Serving 22 users in real-time with a 128-antenna massive MIMO testbed}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SiPS.2016.54}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/SiPS.2016.54}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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