A Distributed Massive MIMO Testbed to Assess Real-World Performance and Feasibility

Paul Harris; Siming Zhang; Andrew Nix; Mark Beach; Simon Armour; Angela Doufexi

doi:10.1109/VTCSpring.2015.7145598

A Distributed Massive MIMO Testbed to Assess Real-World Performance and Feasibility

Paul Harris, Siming Zhang, Andrew Nix (Editor), Mark Beach (Editor), Simon Armour (Editor), Angela Doufexi (Editor)

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This paper introduces a novel 128-element sub-6 GHz Massive MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) testbed being developed by the University of Bristol in collaboration with National Instruments and Lund University as part of the BIO (Bristol is Open) city testbed. Distributed Massive MIMO systems avoid large single-piece antenna facets and their associated windage problems and also offer greater spatial diversity, but node synchronization and phase alignment becomes more challenging. Simulated network performance of a co-located 128-element 3D Multi-User MIMO system at a possible test site in Bristol are presented based on our 3D channel propagation model.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring)
Subtitle of host publication	2015 IEEE 81st
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VTCSpring.2015.7145598
Publication status	Published - 11 May 2015
Event	81st IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2015 - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 11 May 2015 → 14 May 2015

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Name	Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 2015 IEEE 81st
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	1550-2252

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Conference	81st IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2015
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	11/05/15 → 14/05/15

Keywords

MIMO
BIO
5G
Prototype
Testbed

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An Overview of Massive MIMO Research at the University of Bristol
Harris, P., Boukley Hasan, W., Brice, H., Chitambira, B., Beach, M., Mellios, E., Nix, A., Armour, S. & Doufexi, A., 16 Jan 2017, Radio Propagation and Technologies for 5G (2016). Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 5 p. 64
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LOS Throughput Measurements in Real-Time with a 128-Antenna Massive MIMO Testbed
Harris, P., Zhang, S., Beach, M., Mellios, E., Nix, A., Armour, S., Doufexi, A., Nieman, K. & Kundargi, N., May 2017, 2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2016): Proceedings of a meeting held 4-8 December 2016, Washington, DC, USA. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 7 p. 7841965
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Massive MIMO real-time channel measurements and theoretic TDD downlink throughput predictions
Zhang, S., Harris, P., Doufexi, A., Nix, A. & Beach, M., Feb 2017, 2016 IEEE 27th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC): Proceedings of a meeting held 4-8 September 2016, Valencia, Spain. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 547-552 6 p. (Proceedings of the Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)).
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Harris, P., Zhang, S., Nix, A. (Ed.), Beach, M. (Ed.), Armour, S. (Ed.), & Doufexi, A. (Ed.) (2015). A Distributed Massive MIMO Testbed to Assess Real-World Performance and Feasibility. In Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring): 2015 IEEE 81st (Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 2015 IEEE 81st). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/VTCSpring.2015.7145598

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Harris P, Zhang S, Nix A, (ed.), Beach M, (ed.), Armour S, (ed.), Doufexi A, (ed.). A Distributed Massive MIMO Testbed to Assess Real-World Performance and Feasibility. In Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring): 2015 IEEE 81st. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2015. (Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 2015 IEEE 81st). doi: 10.1109/VTCSpring.2015.7145598

A Distributed Massive MIMO Testbed to Assess Real-World Performance and Feasibility

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An Overview of Massive MIMO Research at the University of Bristol

LOS Throughput Measurements in Real-Time with a 128-Antenna Massive MIMO Testbed

Massive MIMO real-time channel measurements and theoretic TDD downlink throughput predictions

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