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Human Hand Effect on The MIMO OTA Performance of LTE Mobile Handset

LTE 이동 단말의 MIMO 무선 성능과 Hand effect

  • Received : 2012.03.28
  • Accepted : 2012.05.12
  • Published : 2012.05.25
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Abstract

Since the major cellular data service providers in U.S, Japan as well as in Korea started the LTE (Long Term Evolution) service, there has been more strong need for the methods that can accurately measure the MIMO (Multi Input-Multi Output) OTA (Over The Air) performance of LTE handsets because the performance of the MIMO antenna determines the data throughput in the downlink. In this paper, the hand effect on the MIMO antenna performance is analyzed by numerically and experimentally. The hand effect on the LTE mobile handset is analyzed by measuring the link level performance in the MIMO OTA system.

최근 국내외 주요 이동통신 사업자들이 본격적으로 4G 무선표준 방식인 LTE (Long Term Evolution) 서비스를 시작 하면서 LTE 방식을 지원하는 이동단말의 MIMO (Multi Input-Multi Output) OTA (Over The Air) 성능 평가 방법의 필요성이 중요해 지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project)에서 논의되고 있는 MIMO OTA 시스템에서의 LTE 이동 단말기의 핸드 효과에 의한 안테나의 특성변화를 이론 및 실험적으로 검증하였다. 핸드 효과에 의한 LTE 이동 단말기의 성능은 MIMO OTA 시스템에서의 LTE PDSCH throughput 비교를 통해 link level에서 확인하였다.

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