IEICE Transactions on Communications
Online ISSN : 1745-1345
Print ISSN : 0916-8516
Special Section on Recent Progress in Antennas, Propagation and Wireless Systems Related to Topics in ISAP2014
Orthogonalized Directional MIMO Transmission Using Higher Order Mode Microstrip Antennas
Maki ARAITomohiro SEKIKen HIRAGAKazumitsu SAKAMOTOHideki TOSHINAGATadao NAKAGAWA
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2016 Volume E99.B Issue 1 Pages 48-57

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Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology is a useful means of achieving the higher data rates needed in the latest wireless devices. However, weighting calculations for MIMO transmission become complicated when there are a large number of antennas. Thus, developing a simpler way to transmit and receive multiple streams is an idea worth considering. With this in mind, we propose a spatial division method using orthogonal directivities formed by using higher order modes of rectangular microstrip antennas. Each of them is formed by one antenna element so that channels are orthogonalized only by antennas. We verify antenna radiation characteristics by using higher order mode microstrip antennas and confirm that orthogonal directivities are obtained with them. Measurement of two stream transmission reveals that the method achieves almost the same channel capacity as that of an eigenmode-beamforming method because of the high multiplexing gain it achieves.

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