Year: 2018
Type: preprint
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.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Institutions: Lund University, KU Leuven
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2951462691