Measurement and modeling of indoor channels in elevation domain for 3D MIMO applications

Yalong Zhang, Ruonan Zhang, Stan X. Lu, Weiming Duan, Lin Cai

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Abstract

The 3-dimensional multi-input-multi-output (3D MIMO) scheme is one of the enabling technologies for next generation mobile communications and is expected to increase the capacity considerably by realizing the beamforming in the elevation domain. With the small cell architecture, 3D MIMO may be deployed in indoor environments. Thus 3D spatial measurement and characterization of the indoor channels are critical, which have been rarely conducted. In this paper, indoor channel measurements are performed at 2.6 GHz in typical hall and corridor environments including both line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) scenarios. Using a sounder with two uniform planer antenna arrays, spatial channel responses were captured at about 200 positions. The multipath channel impulse responses (CIR) are extracted and the angle-of-arrival of each propagation path is estimated jointly in azimuth and elevation domains. Then the distributions and models of the incident angles and angular power distribution in the elevation domain are established. Our measurements and proposed models can support the design and simulation of 3D MIMO working in the indoor environment in the next generation cellular networks.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC 2014
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages659-664
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781479946402
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC 2014 - Sydney, NSW, Australia
Duration: 10 Jun 201414 Jun 2014

Publication series

Name2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC 2014

Conference

Conference2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC 2014
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney, NSW
Period10/06/1414/06/14

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