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Over-the-Air Calibration of Active Antenna Arrays Using Multisine

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Resumo:A novel over-the-air (OTA) beamforming calibration procedure is proposed, which can be applied to different types of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmitting antennas. The method consists of using two tones on each antenna element, the main tone, and the tickle tone. The latter one operates in a different frequency for each antenna element and is used to obtain the optimum phase that needs to be set for each element to generate a beam in the desired direction, at the main tone frequency. The novel method was applied to linear, planar, 3-D antennas, and noncollocated multiantennas to validate its applicability to different antenna types. Line-of-Sight (LOS) and non-LOS experimental results demonstrate that the method can be used to retrieve the required phase to fully control the antenna radiation pattern. An optimum radiation pattern and lowest error vector magnitude (EVM) can be achieved even under high multipath effects/non-LOS conditions. A comparison between the performance and the application of the array factor (AF) theory is presented for practical indoor scenarios, demonstrating the effectiveness of the method. It is demonstrated that the method may be an alternative to the calibration of nonstandard MIMO antennas, where the AF computation is complex or not possible.
Autores principais:Jordão, Marina
Outros Autores:Belo, Daniel; Caldeirinha, Rafael F. S.; Oliveira, Arnaldo S. R.; Carvalho, Nuno Borges de
Assunto:Beamforming calibration multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antennas multisine over-the-air (OTA)
Ano:2021
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Universidade de Leiria e Oeste
Idioma:inglês
Origem:IC-online

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