Dependence of Error Level on the Number of Probes in Over-the-Air Multiprobe Test Systems
Author(s) -
Afroza Khatun,
Tommi Laitinen,
VeliMatti Kolmonen,
P. Vainikainen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of antennas and propagation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1687-5877
pISSN - 1687-5869
DOI - 10.1155/2012/624174
Subject(s) - anechoic chamber , mimo , field (mathematics) , test (biology) , computer science , function (biology) , electronic engineering , reliability engineering , engineering , telecommunications , mathematics , beamforming , paleontology , evolutionary biology , pure mathematics , biology
Development of MIMO over-the-air (OTA) test methodology is ongoing. Several test methods have been proposed. Anechoic chamber-based multiple-probe technique is one promising candidate for MIMO-OTA testing. The required number of probes for synthesizing the desired fields inside the multiprobe system is an important issue as it has a large impact on the cost of the test system. In this paper, we review the existing investigations on this important topic and end up presenting rules for the required number of probes as a function of the test zone size in wavelengths for certain chosen uncertainty levels of the field synthesis
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