Validation of an open source software defined radio test bed

C. Buey, P. Ratajczak, F. Ferrero, L. Lizzi, T. Magounaki, F. Kaltenberger
July 2017
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Abstract

This paper presents a low-cost measurement method for MIMO antenna performance assessment based on the open-source OpenAirInterface initiative. MISO 8×1 measurements are presented to experimentally prove the reproductibility of the test method, using a prototype with 8 antennas at 2.6 GHz integrated into a 140×140×40 mm femto cell. The results shows that measurements are repeatable with a good accuracy. Beamforming performance are presented to finalize the validation of the setup.

Type
Conference paper
Publication
2017 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting
"Antennas" "Antenna measurements" "UHF antennas" "MIMO" "MIMO communication" "Signal to noise ratio" "telecommunication computing" "Antenna arrays" "software radio" "femto cell" "femtocellular radio" "frequency 2.6 GHz" "low-cost measurement method" "MIMO antenna performance assessment" "MISO" "Array signal processing" "beamforming performance" "Dispersion" "MISO 8×1 measurements" "open source software defined radio test bed" "open-source OpenAirInterface initiative" "public domain software" "test method"

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