Reciprocity calibration methods for Massive MIMO based on antenna coupling

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Abstract

In this paper we consider time-division-duplex (TDD) reciprocity calibration of a massive MIMO system. The calibration of a massive MIMO system can be done entirely at the base station (BS) side by sounding the BS antennas one-by-one while receiving with the other BS antennas. With an M antenna BS, this generates M(M - 1) signals that can be used for calibration purposes. In this paper we study several least-squares (LS) based estimators, differing in the number of received signals that are being used. We compare the performance of the estimators, and we conclude that is possible to accurately calibrate an entire BS antenna array using the mutual coupling
between antennas as the main propagation mechanism.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2014
EventIEEE Globecom 2014 : - Wireless Communications Symposium - Austin, Texas, United States
Duration: 2014 Dec 82014 Dec 8

Conference

ConferenceIEEE Globecom 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin, Texas
Period2014/12/082014/12/08

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

Free keywords

  • Massive MIMO
  • TDD reciprocity
  • antenna calibration
  • estimation

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