Impact of Hardware Impairments on Data-Rates in an Over-the-Air mm-Wave Testbed
Paper in proceeding, 2025
In the era of 5G and emerging 6G technology, there's an increasing demand for advanced communication systems. Innovative testbeds are crucial for rapid development of hardware and algorithms, maximizing performance. Estimation of the capacity potential of mm-wave transceiver arrays is essential to maximise performance, however hardware impairments limit performance. Moreover, rapid experimentation is essential for identifying and addressing potential bottlenecks due to hardware impairments. We investigate the impact of hardware impairments on obtainable signal-to-noise ratios and datarates in a mm-wave testbed using Over- The-Air measurements only. The method is tested using the Chalmers mm-wave testbed MATE at 29.4 GHz.
data-rates
rum-wave
MIMO
OTA
antennas
signal-to-noise ratio
SNR
antenna arrays
measurements
Over-the-air
testbed
Author
Koen Buisman
University of Surrey
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics
Thomas Eriksson
Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks
Eucap 2025 19th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
9788831299107 (ISBN)
19th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2025
Stockholm, Sweden,
Stockholm, Sweden,
Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Communication Systems
DOI
10.23919/EuCAP63536.2025.11000025