Diversity mechanisms and MIMO throughput performance of a compact six-port dielectric resonator antenna array

Vanja Plicanic, Meifang Zhu, Buon Kiong Lau

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) throughput performance of a six-port dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) array for Wireless-LAN applications in a measured indoor office environment when a six-port dual-polarized patch array is used at the transmitter. The throughput was obtained using an IEEE802.11n/Draft 5.00 simulator for measured channels with different antenna and propagation setups. The throughput performance of the patch-DRA array set-up is found to be similar to that of a set-up with six-port monopole arrays at the receive and transmit ends in the non-line-of sight (NLOS) environment. The compact design of the DRA array causes lower port efficiencies relative to those of the monopole array, notwithstanding the compact DRA array is shown in this paper to effectively utilize angle, polarization and spatial diversity mechanisms to achieve comparable throughput performance.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT)
PublisherIEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Print)978-1-4244-4883-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
EventInternational Workshop on Antenna Technology (IWAT), 2010 - Lisbon, Portugal
Duration: 2010 Mar 12010 Mar 3

Conference

ConferenceInternational Workshop on Antenna Technology (IWAT), 2010
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityLisbon
Period2010/03/012010/03/03

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

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