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

Paul Harris; Siming Zhang; Mark Beach; Evangelos Mellios; Andrew Nix; Simon Armour; Angela Doufexi; Karl Nieman; Nikhil Kundargi

doi:10.1109/GLOCOM.2016.7841965

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

Paul Harris, Siming Zhang, Mark Beach, Evangelos Mellios, Andrew Nix, Simon Armour, Angela Doufexi, Karl Nieman, Nikhil Kundargi

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This paper presents initial results for a novel 128-antenna massive Multiple-Input, Multiple- Output (MIMO) testbed developed through Bristol Is Open in collaboration with National Instruments and Lund University. We believe that the results presented here validate the adoption of massive MIMO as a key enabling technology for 5G and pave the way for further pragmatic research by the massive MIMO community. The testbed operates in real-time with a Long-Term Evolution (LTE)-like PHY in Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode and supports up to 12 spatial streams, providing an excellent basis for comparison with existing standards and complimentary testbeds. Through line-of-sight (LOS) measurements at 3.51 GHz in an indoor atrium environment with 12 user clients, an uncoded system sum-rate of 1.59 Gbps was achieved in real-time using a single 20 MHz LTE band, equating to 79.4 bits/s/Hz. To the best of the author's knowledge, this is the highest spectral efficiency achieved for any wireless system to date.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2016)
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of a meeting held 4-8 December 2016, Washington, DC, USA
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509013289
ISBN (Print)	9781509013296
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOM.2016.7841965
Publication status	Published - May 2017
Event	59th IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2016 - Washington, United States Duration: 4 Dec 2016 → 8 Dec 2016

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Conference	59th IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington
Period	4/12/16 → 8/12/16

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5G
Field Trial
Indoor
Massive MIMO
Testbed

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Harris, P., Zhang, S., Beach, M., Mellios, E., Nix, A., Armour, S., Doufexi, A., Nieman, K., & Kundargi, N. (2017). LOS Throughput Measurements in Real-Time with a 128-Antenna Massive MIMO Testbed. In 2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2016): Proceedings of a meeting held 4-8 December 2016, Washington, DC, USA Article 7841965 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOM.2016.7841965

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LOS Throughput Measurements in Real-Time with a 128-Antenna Massive MIMO Testbed. / Harris, Paul; Zhang, Siming; Beach, Mark et al.
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), 2017. 7841965.

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Harris P, Zhang S, Beach M, Mellios E, Nix A, Armour S et al. LOS Throughput Measurements in Real-Time with a 128-Antenna Massive MIMO Testbed. In 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). 2017. 7841965 Epub 2017 Feb 6. doi: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2016.7841965

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

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An Overview of Massive MIMO Research at the University of Bristol

Performance characterization of a real-time massive MIMO system with LOS mobile channels

Serving 22 Users in Real-Time with a 128-Antenna Massive MIMO Testbed

2016 Customer Application of the Year

Engineering Grand Challenges Award

European Application of the Year 2016

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

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An Overview of Massive MIMO Research at the University of Bristol

Performance characterization of a real-time massive MIMO system with LOS mobile channels

Serving 22 Users in Real-Time with a 128-Antenna Massive MIMO Testbed

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2016 Customer Application of the Year

Engineering Grand Challenges Award

European Application of the Year 2016

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