OTA measurements of wireless stations in reverberation chamber versus anechoic chamber: from accuracy models to testing of MIMO systems

Final Program and Book of Abstracts - iWAT 2010: 2010 International Workshop on Antenna Technology: Small Antennas, Innovative Structures and Materials

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  Kildal, Per Simon ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY MODEL; ANTENNA DIVERSITY; COHERENCE BANDWIDTH; COHERENCE TIME; DOPPLER SPREAD; FREE SPACE; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; HORIZONTAL PLANES; LINE-OF-SIGHT; MIMO (MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT); MULTIPATH ENVIRONMENTS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; REVERBERATION CHAMBERS; RICE FADING; TOTAL ISOTROPIC SENSITIVITIES; TOTAL RADIATED POWER; WIRELESS STATIONS; WIRELESS TERMINALS;

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; ANTENNA RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; INNOVATION; MIMO SYSTEMS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; RAYLEIGH FADING; REVERBERATION; STATISTICAL TESTS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 77953745501     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWAT.2010.5464859     Document Type: Conference Paper

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