Abstract
Wireless-controlled robots, cars and other critical applications are in need of technologies that offer high reliability and low latency. Massive MIMO, Multiple-Input Multiple-Output, is a key technology for the upcoming 5G systems and is one part of the solution to increase the reliability of wireless systems. More specifically, when increasing the number of base station antennas in a massive MIMO systems the channel variations decrease and the so-called channel hardening effect appears. This means that the variations of the channel gain in time and frequency decrease. In this paper, channel hardening in massive MIMO systems is assessed based on analysis of measurement data. For an indoor scenario, the channels are measured with a 128-port cylindrical array for nine single-antenna users. The analysis shows that in a real scenario a channel hardening of 3.2-4.6 dB, measured as a reduction of the standard deviation of the channel gain, can be expected depending on the amount of user interaction. Also, some practical implications and insights are presented.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2018 IEEE 19th International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, SPAWC 2018 |
| Publisher | IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Volume | 2018-June |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781538635124 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2018 Aug 27 |
| Event | 19th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, SPAWC 2018 - Kalamata, Greece Duration: 2018 Jun 25 → 2018 Jun 28 |
Conference
| Conference | 19th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, SPAWC 2018 |
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| Country/Territory | Greece |
| City | Kalamata |
| Period | 2018/06/25 → 2018/06/28 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Signal Processing
Free keywords
- Channel hardening
- massive MIMO
- measurements
- reliability