Project Title: Development of Dense Deployable Massive

MIMO Antenna system for 5G wireless communications with

reduced correlation/mutual coupling.
MASSIVE MIMO ANTENNA MUTUAL COUPLING ANALYSIS
 OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• Mutual coupling
• Mutual coupling reduction techniques
• Challenges for designing Massive MIMO
Antennas.
 Mutual coupling reduction techniques

MIMO Antenna

Dielectric Reconfigurable
Printed Resonator Metamaterial
Printed
Antenna Antenna Antenna
Antenna

Mutual Coupling Reduction Techniques

Complementary Split Ring Resonator (CSRR)

Defected Ground Structure(DGS)
Decoupling Networks
Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures
Neutralization lines
Parasitic (or)Slot elements
Frequency Selective Surface(FSS)
 SYSTEM LEVEL CONSIDERATIONS
• To design an array
• Add a channel model
• Spatial Multiplexing/precoding
• Beamforming
 Challenges for designing Massive MIMO Antennas.

• Compact & low profile

• Low mutual coupling
• To reduce cost of RF chains
• Configuration & orientations
• Multiple frequency bands
• Correlation coefficients
• Channel characterization
 ECC Calculation Methods
ECC calculation with S parameters:
 ECC Calculation Methods
ECC calculation with Far field radiation
pattern:
 ECC Calculation Methods
 ECC calculation with Radiation Efficiency:
 Channel model
• Channel correlation matrix
 Spatial Multiplexing
• Combination of spatial modulation with
spatial multiplexing is an effective way to
increase spectral efficiency with limited
number of RF chains.
 Beamforming techniques
• Analog beamforming
• Digital beamforming
• Hybrid beamforming
Analog beamforming
Digital beamforming
Digital beamforming techniques
 To reduce system cost
• Need only as many RF chains as number of
Transmit data streams(Ns).
• No of Transmit antennas >> Ns.