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The Effects Of Antenna Coupling In A Mimo Radar System, Benjamin T. Arnold Jul 2016

The Effects Of Antenna Coupling In A Mimo Radar System, Benjamin T. Arnold

Theses and Dissertations

A mathematical model for a multiple-input multiple-output radar system is presented. The model is used to track signals through the system in order to identify the impact of antenna array mutual coupling on radar system performance. Simulations using the model provide quantitative assessment of the performance degradation as a function of antenna coupling strength. Specifically, the results show that coupling can cause a target to appear at an angle notably different than its actual angle and can cause an increase in the side lobe level. A compensation technique is presented that completely removes these effects for practical levels of coupling. …


Covariance Modeling And Space-Time Coding For Mimo Systems, Farnaz Karimdady Sharifabad Feb 2013

Covariance Modeling And Space-Time Coding For Mimo Systems, Farnaz Karimdady Sharifabad

Theses and Dissertations

The full spatial covariance matrix of the multiple input multiple-output (MIMO) channel is an important quantity in channel modeling, communication system signal processing, and performance analysis, and therefore this matrix forms the heart of the research outlined in this dissertation. The work begins with an investigation of a generalized framework for computing the full MIMO spatial covariance based on the power angular spectrum (PAS) of the multipath field and the transmit and receive antenna element radiation patterns. For the case of uniform linear arrays and when the PAS clusters satisfy uniform, truncated Gaussian, or truncated Laplacian distributions, a series expansion …


Secret Key Establishment Using Wireless Channels As Common Randomness In Time-Variant Mimo Systems, Chan Chen Apr 2010

Secret Key Establishment Using Wireless Channels As Common Randomness In Time-Variant Mimo Systems, Chan Chen

Theses and Dissertations

Encryption of confidential data with a secret key has become a widespread technique for securing wireless transmissions. However, existing key distribution methods that either deliver the secret key with a key distribution center or exchange the secret key using public-key cryptosystems are unable to establish perfect secret keys necessary for symmetric encryption techniques. This research considers secret key establishment, under the broad research area of information theoretic security, using the reciprocal wireless channel as common randomness for the extraction of perfect secret keys in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)communication systems. The presentation discusses the fundamental characteristics of the time-variant MIMO wireless channel …


Reduced-Feedback Linear Precoding With Stable Performance For The Time-Varying Mimo Broadcast Channel, Michael A. Jensen, Adam L. Anderson, James R. Zeidler Oct 2008

Reduced-Feedback Linear Precoding With Stable Performance For The Time-Varying Mimo Broadcast Channel, Michael A. Jensen, Adam L. Anderson, James R. Zeidler

Faculty Publications

This work explores the performance of a multiple-input multiple-output broadcast channel where both the transmitter and receivers have outdated channel knowledge due to node motion or other time-variations in the communication channel. A performance analysis based on measured channel responses reveals significant throughput degradation for optimal linear and nonlinear precoding strategies unless the channel state information (CSI) is frequently fed back to the transmitter. The paper then develops a linear beamforming precoding strategy based on channel distribution information in the form of a full spatial correlation matrix for each user. This algorithm is shown to provide highly stable communication, with …


Cross-Layer Issues In Mac Protocol Design For Mimo Ad Hoc Networks, Michael A. Jensen, A. Lee Swindlehurst, Michele Zorzi, James R. Zeidler, Adam L. Anderson, Bhaskar Rao, John Proakis, Srikanth Krishnamurthy Aug 2006

Cross-Layer Issues In Mac Protocol Design For Mimo Ad Hoc Networks, Michael A. Jensen, A. Lee Swindlehurst, Michele Zorzi, James R. Zeidler, Adam L. Anderson, Bhaskar Rao, John Proakis, Srikanth Krishnamurthy

Faculty Publications

In this article, we discuss research and design issues that arise in the development of networking protocols for an ad hoc network where nodes are equipped with multiple antenna elements and have the ability to perform signal processing operations as required by adaptive beamforming, interference cancellation, and space-time coding.


Efficient Capacity-Based Antenna Selection For Mimo Systems, Michael A. Jensen, Matthew L. Morris Jan 2005

Efficient Capacity-Based Antenna Selection For Mimo Systems, Michael A. Jensen, Matthew L. Morris

Faculty Publications

The achieved capacity of the multiple-input-multiple-output wireless channel is typically dependent on the array configurations at the transmitter and receiver. Maximizing system capacity or throughput therefore requires that the arrays adapt to changing channel conditions, which may be accomplished by selecting an appropriate subset of available antenna elements for connection to the electronic transmit and receive modules. This work presents algorithms, derived using relatively straightforward information theoretic considerations, for efficiently and effectively selecting the antenna elements. Computational examples using a realistic channel model for indoor environments illustrate the performance of the techniques.


Network Model For Mimo Systems With Coupled Antennas And Noisy Amplifiers, Michael A. Jensen, Matthew L. Morris Jan 2005

Network Model For Mimo Systems With Coupled Antennas And Noisy Amplifiers, Michael A. Jensen, Matthew L. Morris

Faculty Publications

This work presents a framework for the analysis of mutually-coupled antennas in a multiple-input multiple-output system. The approach uses network theory to formulate the transfer matrix relating the signals input to the transmit antennas to the signals at the output of the receiver front end. This transfer function includes the coupled transmit and receive antennas, the multipath propagation channel, the receiver matching network, and a realistic noise model for the receive amplifiers. Application of the formulation to coupled dipole antennas characterized using full-wave electromagnetic analysis illustrates the performance gains possible from matching the coupled antenna/receive amplifier subsystem for minimum noise …


Mutual Coupling In Mimo Wireless Systems: A Rigorous Network Theory Analysis, Michael A. Jensen, Jon W. Wallace Jul 2004

Mutual Coupling In Mimo Wireless Systems: A Rigorous Network Theory Analysis, Michael A. Jensen, Jon W. Wallace

Faculty Publications

A new framework for the analysis of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless systems is introduced to account for mutual coupling effects in the antenna arrays. The multiport interactions at transmit and receive are characterized by representing the channel using a scattering parameter matrix. A new power constraint that limits the average radiated power is also introduced. The capacity of the MIMO system with mutual coupling is defined as the maximum mutual information of the transmit and receive vectors over all possible transmit signaling and receive loading. Full-wave electromagnetic antenna simulations combined with a simple path-based channel model are used to demonstrate …


Analysis Of Electromagnetic Field Polarizations In Multi-Antenna Systems, Michael A. Jensen, Jon W. Wallace, Thomas Svantesson Mar 2004

Analysis Of Electromagnetic Field Polarizations In Multi-Antenna Systems, Michael A. Jensen, Jon W. Wallace, Thomas Svantesson

Faculty Publications

This paper provides an analytical framework useful for assessing the use of all six electric and magnetic electromagnetic field polarizations for multiantenna communications systems. The approach uses a mapping between the induced signal currents and the received electromagnetic field in order to formulate a diversity interpretation of the six-polarization problem. Application of the framework to a simple, yet representative, channel model demonstrates that for full multipath elevation and azimuthal angle spread, six communication modes are theoretically possible. However, to implement the system requires more antenna design work since a straightforward implementation is found to reduce the potential number of modes …


Experimental Characterization Of The Mimo Wireless Channel: Data Acquisition, Analysis, And Modeling, Michael A. Jensen, Jon W. Wallace, A. Lee Swindlehurst, Brian D. Jeffs Mar 2003

Experimental Characterization Of The Mimo Wireless Channel: Data Acquisition, Analysis, And Modeling, Michael A. Jensen, Jon W. Wallace, A. Lee Swindlehurst, Brian D. Jeffs

Faculty Publications

Detailed performance assessment of space-time coding algorithms in realistic channels is critically dependent upon accurate knowledge of the wireless channel spatial characteristics. This paper presents an experimental measurement platform capable of providing the narrowband channel transfer matrix for wireless communications scenarios. The system is used to directly measure key multiple-input-multiple-output parameters in an indoor environment at 2.45 GHz. Linear antenna arrays of different sizes and construction with up to ten elements at transmit and receive are utilized in the measurement campaign. This data is analyzed to reveal channel properties such as transfer matrix element statistical distributions and temporal and spatial …


Modeling The Indoor Mimo Wireless Channel, Michael A. Jensen, Jon W. Wallace May 2002

Modeling The Indoor Mimo Wireless Channel, Michael A. Jensen, Jon W. Wallace

Faculty Publications

This paper demonstrates the ability of a physically based statistical multipath propagation model to match capacity statistics and pairwise magnitude and phase distributions of measured 4 x 4 and 10 x 10 narrow-band multiple-input multiple-output data (MIMO) at 2.4 GHz. The model is compared to simpler statistical models based on the multivariate complex normal distribution with either complex envelope or power correlation. The comparison is facilitated by computing channel element covariance matrices for fixed sets of multipath statistics. Multipolarization data is used to demonstrate a simple method for modeling dual-polarization arrays.