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Fixed mmWave Multi-User MIMO: Performance Analysis and Proof-of-Concept Architecture

Signal Processing 2020-03-10 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we present a fixed mmWave Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) system for fixed wireless access with a unique architecture. A digital MIMO system is combined with an analog multi-beam antenna array which uses a high-dimension 16x16 Butler matrix to obtain 16 orthogonal beams. A system model of this architecture is presented and used to simulate its performance comparing to the performance of common-used patch antennas. Several MIMO precoding techniques are considered and compared with basic analog beamforming. To verify these results, a prototype is built and a dedicated measurement campaign is performed. The results show that the system model is a good approximation and that the use of the multi-beam antenna array is a good alternative to patch antennas for a large number of users.

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@article{arxiv.2003.04193,
  title  = {Fixed mmWave Multi-User MIMO: Performance Analysis and Proof-of-Concept Architecture},
  author = {Achiel Colpaert and Evgenii Vinogradov and Sofie Pollin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.04193},
  year   = {2020}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures

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