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SABA: A Testbed for a Real-Time MIMO System

EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing volume 2006, Article number: 056061 (2006) Cite this article

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The growing demand for high data rates for wireless communication systems leads to the development of new technologies to increase the channel capacity thus increasing the data rate. MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) systems are best qualified for these applications. In this paper, we present a MIMO test environment for high data rate transmissions in frequency-selective environments. An overview of the testbed is given, including the analyzed algorithms, the digital signal processing with a new highly parallel processor to perform the algorithms in real time, as well as the analog front-ends. A brief overview of the influence of polarization on the channel capacity is given as well.

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  1. Institute of High Frequency Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Melatener Straβe 25, Aachen, 52056, Germany

    Daniel Borkowski, Christoph Degen, Gholamreza Alirezaei, Frank Geschewski, Christos Oikonomopoulos & Bernhard Rembold

  2. Telefunken Radio Communication Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Ulm, 89075, Germany

    Lars Brühl

  3. Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz Institute, Einsteinufer 37, Berlin, 10587, Germany

    Wilhem Keusgen

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Borkowski, D., Brühl, L., Degen, C. et al. SABA: A Testbed for a Real-Time MIMO System. EURASIP J. Adv. Signal Process. 2006, 056061 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1155/ASP/2006/56061

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