Author(s)

Alaa Choumane^1,2*, Ahmad El Sayed Ahmad³, Khaled Khoder⁴, Alaa Saleh⁵

¹XLIM, O.S.A. Department-UMR CNRS 6172, University of Limoges, Limoges, France.
²Faculty of Public Health IV, Lebanese University, Zahle, Lebanon.
³Faculty of Sciences III, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon.
⁴Department of Innovation and Technology, Azm Institute, Tripoli, Lebanon.
⁵Faculty of Technology, Lebanese University, Saida, Lebanon.

With the ever-growing requirement for higher data rates, terminals supporting multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technologies are being developed for next-generation. As for wireless device manufacturers, a radio performance evaluation of multi-antenna terminals in desired environments is mandatory before product release. This paper discusses the Over the Air (OTA) performance evaluation of antenna diversity systems in Indoor and Outdoor multi-path propagation channel models inside anechoic chamber, in terms of correlation coefficients and diversity gain (DG). These channel models have been emulated in terms of angles of arrivals (AoA) and cross-polarization ratio (XPR) with Rayleigh fading. For this purpose, SATIMO SG24 measurement system has been used. However, the actual configuration of this system is not able to emulate desired realistic environments. Therefore, an innovative methodology based on the SG24 probes control has been developed. The obtained results in simulations and measurements have shown a good agreement.

OTA Testing, Diversity Measurements, Indoor, Outdoor, MIMO, Diversity Parameters

Choumane, A. , Ahmad, A. , Khoder, K. and Saleh, A. (2020) Over-the-Air Performance Evaluation in Indoor and Outdoor Multipath Propagation Channels of Antenna Diversity Systems inside Anechoic Chamber. Wireless Engineering and Technology, 11, 31-43. doi: 10.4236/wet.2020.114004.