Dual-wideband MIMO antenna for long term evolution and wireless local area network indoor applications

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technique use multiple antennas at both transmitter and receiver to improve the performance of wireless communications system over multipath fading channels. A compact dual-wideband MIMO antenna with a size of 36 × 22 mm2 was proposed for indoor portable wireles...

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spelling my-unimap-766612022-11-01T01:53:34Z Dual-wideband MIMO antenna for long term evolution and wireless local area network indoor applications Mohd Faizal, Jamlos, Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technique use multiple antennas at both transmitter and receiver to improve the performance of wireless communications system over multipath fading channels. A compact dual-wideband MIMO antenna with a size of 36 × 22 mm2 was proposed for indoor portable wireless systems to serve the LTE and WLAN applications, which cannot operate with the compact UWB MIMO antenna. Due to the UWB technology unable of covering the LTE 2500 (2.5-2.7 GHz) standard, and the UWB frequency range overlaps with the IEEE 802.11a standard for wireless local area networks (WLANs). The proposed dual-wideband MIMO antenna consists of two identical monopole antenna elements (MA) and microstrip feed line for each, which are placed on one side of the substrate. The ground plane with T-shaped stub is placed on the other side of the substrate to reduce mutual coupling and enhance the isolation between the antenna elements. The proposed antenna provides two operating bands of 2.5- 2.85 GHz and 4.85- 6.1 GHz are centered at 2.64 and 5.3 GHz respectively, by using the technique of strips and slits on the upper edge of the ground plane. The compact UWB MIMO antenna has a size of 32 × 20 mm2 also consists of two symmetrical MA elements and a ground plane with partial slope including protruding stub for isolation improvement and covers band of 3-11.52 GHz. To design and optimize the performance of the two proposed MIMO antennas, CST simulation software used to achieve the reliable results in term of S-parameters (reflection coefficient with mutual coupling between the two ports), and (radiation pattern with correlation coefficient) in term of diversity pattern. The two MIMO antennas were fabricated and tested, and there was a strong correlation between simulated and measured results of antennas indoor applications parameters such as return loss, VSWR, and radiation patterns. Therefore, the obtained results show that the two proposed MIMO antennas can operate with good 2:1 VSWR impedance bandwidth, good isolation better than 18 dB between antennas elements, envelope correlation coefficient (ECC) about 0.05 across desired bands, and diversity gain (DG) of 9.992 dB. Measurement results agree well with simulation results making these antennas suitable for portable applications. Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) Thesis en http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/76661 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/76661/4/license.txt 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/76661/1/Page%201-24.pdf 6e47a58742ecbaea9c0f6734f60d165a http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/76661/2/Full%20text.pdf 62c477e258bd50bff2fd3554f6e60ffc http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/76661/3/Declaration%20Form.pdf e59857b053a9e8279e74583ca5662a3f Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) MIMO systems Wireless LANs Wireless communication systems School of Computer and Communication Engineering
institution Universiti Malaysia Perlis
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language English
advisor Mohd Faizal, Jamlos, Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr.
topic MIMO systems
Wireless LANs
Wireless communication systems
spellingShingle MIMO systems
Wireless LANs
Wireless communication systems
Dual-wideband MIMO antenna for long term evolution and wireless local area network indoor applications
description Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technique use multiple antennas at both transmitter and receiver to improve the performance of wireless communications system over multipath fading channels. A compact dual-wideband MIMO antenna with a size of 36 × 22 mm2 was proposed for indoor portable wireless systems to serve the LTE and WLAN applications, which cannot operate with the compact UWB MIMO antenna. Due to the UWB technology unable of covering the LTE 2500 (2.5-2.7 GHz) standard, and the UWB frequency range overlaps with the IEEE 802.11a standard for wireless local area networks (WLANs). The proposed dual-wideband MIMO antenna consists of two identical monopole antenna elements (MA) and microstrip feed line for each, which are placed on one side of the substrate. The ground plane with T-shaped stub is placed on the other side of the substrate to reduce mutual coupling and enhance the isolation between the antenna elements. The proposed antenna provides two operating bands of 2.5- 2.85 GHz and 4.85- 6.1 GHz are centered at 2.64 and 5.3 GHz respectively, by using the technique of strips and slits on the upper edge of the ground plane. The compact UWB MIMO antenna has a size of 32 × 20 mm2 also consists of two symmetrical MA elements and a ground plane with partial slope including protruding stub for isolation improvement and covers band of 3-11.52 GHz. To design and optimize the performance of the two proposed MIMO antennas, CST simulation software used to achieve the reliable results in term of S-parameters (reflection coefficient with mutual coupling between the two ports), and (radiation pattern with correlation coefficient) in term of diversity pattern. The two MIMO antennas were fabricated and tested, and there was a strong correlation between simulated and measured results of antennas indoor applications parameters such as return loss, VSWR, and radiation patterns. Therefore, the obtained results show that the two proposed MIMO antennas can operate with good 2:1 VSWR impedance bandwidth, good isolation better than 18 dB between antennas elements, envelope correlation coefficient (ECC) about 0.05 across desired bands, and diversity gain (DG) of 9.992 dB. Measurement results agree well with simulation results making these antennas suitable for portable applications.
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title Dual-wideband MIMO antenna for long term evolution and wireless local area network indoor applications
title_short Dual-wideband MIMO antenna for long term evolution and wireless local area network indoor applications
title_full Dual-wideband MIMO antenna for long term evolution and wireless local area network indoor applications
title_fullStr Dual-wideband MIMO antenna for long term evolution and wireless local area network indoor applications
title_full_unstemmed Dual-wideband MIMO antenna for long term evolution and wireless local area network indoor applications
title_sort dual-wideband mimo antenna for long term evolution and wireless local area network indoor applications
granting_institution Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
granting_department School of Computer and Communication Engineering
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/76661/1/Page%201-24.pdf
http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/76661/2/Full%20text.pdf
http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/76661/3/Declaration%20Form.pdf
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