Massive MIMO channel measurements for a railway station scenario

Markus Hofer; David Löschenbrand; Stefan Zelenbaba; Gerhard Humer; Benjamin Rainer; Thomas Zemen

doi:10.1109/wcnc55385.2023.10118778

Massive MIMO channel measurements for a railway station scenario

Markus Hofer (Vortragende:r), David Löschenbrand, Stefan Zelenbaba, Gerhard Humer, Benjamin Rainer, Thomas Zemen

Security & Communication Technologies

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Abstract

In this paper we present dual-band massivemultiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel measurementsfor a railway station scenario. The massive MIMO link shall pro-vide an ultra-reliable low-latency communication link from thecontrol center to the locomotive. In this measurement campaignthe locomotive moves from line-of-sight to non line-of-sight. Wepresent dual frequency band measurements, where the massiveMIMO array at the base station has 24 receive antenna elementsat 1890 MHz and 8 receive antenna elements at 748 MHz. Themeasurement bandwidth is 20 MHz and we use a repetition rateof 1 ms to acquire the time-variant channel frequency responsefrom the locomotive to all 32 antenna elements in parallel. In thispaper, we provide a first analysis of the root mean square delayspread, the path loss coefficients and the channel hardening inboth frequency bands.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Titel	IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)
Seitenumfang	6
ISBN (elektronisch)	978-1-6654-9122-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/wcnc55385.2023.10118778
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - März 2023
Veranstaltung	2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) - Glasgow, Großbritannien/Vereinigtes Königreich Dauer: 26 März 2023 → 29 März 2023

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Konferenz	2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)
Land/Gebiet	Großbritannien/Vereinigtes Königreich
Stadt	Glasgow
Zeitraum	26/03/23 → 29/03/23

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Hofer, M, Löschenbrand, D, Zelenbaba, S, Humer, G , Rainer, B & Zemen, T 2023, Massive MIMO channel measurements for a railway station scenario. in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC). 2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Glasgow, Großbritannien/Vereinigtes Königreich, 26/03/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/wcnc55385.2023.10118778

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