Analysis of a near field MIMO wireless channel using 5.6 GHz dipole antennas

Maricar, Mohamed Ismaeel; Gradoni, Gabriele; Greedy, Steve; Ivrlac, Michel T.; Nossek, Josef A.; Phang, Sendy; Creagh, Stephen C.; Tanner, Gregor; Thomas, David W.P.

Abstract

Understanding the impact of interference upon the performance of a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) based device is of paramount importance in ensuring a design is both resilient and robust. In this work the effect of element-element interference in the creation of multiple channels of a wireless link approaching the near-field regime is studied. The elements of the 2-antenna transmit- and receive-arrays are chosen to be identical folded dipole antennas operating at 5.6 GHz. We find that two equally strong channels can be created even if the antennas interact at sub-wavelength distances, thus confirming previous theoretical predictions.

Citation

Maricar, M. I., Gradoni, G., Greedy, S., Ivrlac, M. T., Nossek, J. A., Phang, S., Creagh, S. C., Tanner, G., & Thomas, D. W. Analysis of a near field MIMO wireless channel using 5.6 GHz dipole antennas. Presented at 2016 ESA Workshop on Aerospace EMC

• Conference Name: 2016 ESA Workshop on Aerospace EMC
• End Date: May 25, 2016
• Acceptance Date: Mar 4, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jul 6, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/781389
• Related Public URLs: http://congrexprojects.com/2016-events/16a01/
• Contract Date: Jul 6, 2016