Realization of 4-by-4 MIMO channel using one composite leaky coaxial cable

Yafei Hou, Satoshi Tsukamoto, Takahiro Maeda, Masayuki Ariyoshi, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Tomoaki Kumagai, Atsuhiko Niwa, Fumio Suzuki, Minoru Okada

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Abstract

Leaky coaxial cable (LCX) is widely used for wireless communication systems as an antenna for a linear-cell, which covers long and shallow areas. Since one LCX is usually utilized as one antenna, more than one LCX is required to configure a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system. It means it is costly and space-consuming. To resolve these problems, we proposed a novel MIMO method for LCX. In this paper, we propose the method to utilize one composite cable, which consists of a pair of LCXs with different radiation characteristics, to configure a 4 × 4 MIMO channel. The measurement results confirmed that the proposed composite cable can realize a good channel condition for 4 × 4 MIMO transmission even if it is put in an anechoic chamber where no reflection path exists. On the other hand, the results also confirmed that it has good channel condition even if the spacing between a pair of LCX is as small as 2cm for the 5GHz band. Therefore the proposed system can reduce the space requirement for MIMO deployment for wireless application over linear-cell environments to cope with the high rapid increase of consumer electronics devices.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages97-102
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479963904
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 14 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event2015 12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2015 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: Jan 9 2015Jan 12 2015

Publication series

Name2015 12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2015

Other

Other2015 12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period1/9/151/12/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications

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