MIMO Baseband CS

Double-Directional CS Line-up

FDM: Frequency division multiplexing
TDM: Time division multiplexing
STDM: Space-time division multiplexing


Sub-6GHz (2.4 GHz/5 GHz)24 GHz60 GHz
Appearance
Since2022202120202014
Scheme8x8 Full MIMO
(FDM-STDM)
Phased array
(4×4 MIMO TDM)
Phased array
(4×4 MIMO TDM)
Direction-scan
(Dual-polar 2x2 MIMO TDM)
RFCustomSIVERS IMASIVERS IMAVubIQ
Carrier freq.2.462 GHz 4.85001 GHz24.15 GHz58.32/60.48/
62.64/64.8 GHz
58.25 GHz
Signal bandwidth40 MHz99.9 MHz200 MHz400 MHz400 MHz
No. subcarriers 2005105121,024256
Subcarrier spacing195 KHz195 KHz391 KHz391 KHz1.56 MHz
No. FFT4,0964,0962,0482,048512
Sampling rates800 MSa/s800 MSa/s800 MSa/s800 MSa/s800 MSa/s
Delay resolution25 ns10 ns5 ns2.5 ns2.5 ns
Delay span5.12 us5.12 us2.56 us2.56 us640 ns
Tx power23 dBm/ant26 dBm/ant20 dBm/board22 dBm/board10 dBm
Antenna/
Array
8×8 MIMO
8×8 MIMO
8×2-element UPA
12 dBi@Tx
12 dBi@Rx


16-element ULA
19 dBi@Tx (BFM06005)

20 dBi@Rx (BFM06010)
HPBW UCA: ~75° (Az), ~70° (El)
ULA: 90° (Az/El)
UCA: ~75° (Az), ~70° (El)
ULA: 90° (Az/El)
Az: 15°
El: 45°
Az: 6°
El: 45°(Tx)/18°(Rx)
30°/12°/3°
Gain/EIRP UCA: 6.5 dBi
ULA: 4 dBi
UCA: 6.5 dBi
ULA: 4 dBi
32 dBm41 dBm34/44 dBm
Beam steeringFull azimuth
(beamforming)
Full azimuth
(beamforming)
Full azimuth
(20×20 beams)
Full azimuth
(44×48 beams)
Full azimuth
±30° elevation
Measurement campaginsUMa, UMiUMa, UMiUMa, UMiIndoor office, Open square, UMa, UMiIndoor conference room, Entrance hall, Open square
Publications1, 2, 3, 51, 2, 3, 5118, 9, 10, 114, 5, 6, 7
Global standardizationIEEE P2982, EU COST CA20120 INTERACTEU COST IRACON, IEEE 802.11ay
Manual

Sub-6GHz v1.0
(Japanese, updated: 2023/05/01)

- 60-GHz SIVERS RF v2.1
Operation manual
(by Hino and Suzuki, Jun. 2022)
- RF Transceivers (Suzuki, Jun. 2022)
- ADPS and beampatterns (M. Kim, Jun. 2022)
- English (by Calist, Jun. 2022)

60-GHz VubIQ RF v2.0
(Japanese, updated: 2020/03/02)

Related Publications

  1. Minseok Kim, Jun-ichi Takada, and Yohei Konishi, “Novel Scalable MIMO Channel Sounding Technique and Measurement Accuracy Evaluation with Transceiver Impairments,” IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas., Vol.61, No.12, pp. 3185-3197, Dec. 2012 (SCI)ResearchGate
  2. Minseok Kim, Yohei Konishi, Yuyuan Chang, and Jun-ichi Takada, “Large Scale Parameters and Double-Directional Characterization of Indoor Wideband Radio Multipath Channels at 11 GHz,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 430-441, Jan. 2014 (SCI) ResearchGate
  3. Yohei Konishi, Minseok Kim, Yuyuan Chang, Jun-ichi Takada, “Versatile Radio Channel Sounder for Double Directional and Multi-link MIMO Channel Measurements at 11 GHz,” IEICE Trans. Electron., Vol.E97-C, No.10, pp. 994-1004, Oct. 2014, ISSN:0916-8524 (SCIE) ResearchGate
  4. Karma Wangchuk, Kento Umeki, Tatsuki Iwata, Panawit Hanpinitsak, Minseok Kim, Kentaro Saito, Jun-ichi Takada, “Double Directional Millimeter Wave Propagation Channel Measurement and Polarimetric Cluster Properties in Outdoor Urban Pico-cell Environment,” IEICE Trans. Commun., Vol.E100-B, No.7, pp.1133-1144, Jul. 2017 (SCI) ResearchGate
  5. (Tutorial) Minseok Kim, Jun-ichi Takada, Kentaro Saito, “Multi-dimensional Radio Channel Measurement, Analysis and Modeling for High Frequency Bands,” IEICE Trans. Commun., Vol.E101-B, No.2, pp.293-308, Feb. 2018 (SCI)Adobe Acrobat Reader
  6. Minseok Kim, Satoru Kishimoto, Satoshi Yamakawa, Ke Guan, “Millimeter-Wave Intra-Cluster Channel Model for In-Room Access Scenarios,” IEEE Access, Vol.8, pp. 82042-82053, May 2020 (SCIE) Adobe Acrobat Reader
  7. Minseok Kim, Tatsuki Iwata, Shigenobu Sasaki, Jun-ichi Takada, “Millimeter-Wave Radio Channel Characterization using Multi-Dimensional Sub-Grid CLEAN Algorithm,” IEICE Trans. Commun.,Vol.E103-B, No.7, pp.767-779, Jul. 2020 (SCI) ResearchGate
  8. Minseok Kim, Shuaiqin Tang, Keiichiro Kumakura, “Fast Double-Directional Full Azimuth Sweep Channel Sounder Using Low-Cost COTS Beamforming RF Transceivers,” IEEE Access, Vol.9, pp. 80288-80299, Jun. 2021 (SCIE) Adobe Acrobat Reader
  9. Minseok Kim, Keiichiro Kumakura, Shuaiqin Tang, Hibiki Tsukada, “Multipath Clusters Observed in Outdoor Open Square Environments at 60 GHz,” 2021 IEEE 94th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Sept. 2021.ResearchGate
  10. Hibiki Tsukada, Keiichiro Kumakura, Shuaiqin Tang, Minseok Kim, “Millimeter-Wave Channel Model Parameters for Various Office Environments,” IEEE Access, Vol.10, pp. 60387-60396, Jun. 2022 (SCIE)Adobe Acrobat Reader
  11. Minseok Kim, Hibiki Tsukada, Keiichiro Kumakura, Riku Takahashi, Naoya Suzuki, Hirokazu Sawada, Takeshi Matsumura, “A 24/60-GHz Dual-Band Double-Directional Channel Sounder Using COTS Phased Arrays,” 2022 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May 2022.ResearchGate

Specification/Manual Documents

Time-grid acquisition