A Massive MIMO Antenna for 4G and 5G Communication

Abstract

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is the most recent advancement in the field of mobile communication, along with millimeter-wave with duplex transmission and small cell architecture such as femtocell and picocell, which led the world to the development of the next generation of 5G cellular networks. Quality of services (QoS) and quality of experience (QoE) are the primary target areas required by the consumers for a 5G network. Superior mobile broadband (eMBB) is the principle 5G network which is expected to coincide the requirements of high data rate-based applications like city applications, smart industrial application, smart industrial application, smart house, high-definition video streaming and diverse data rate needs of mobile users. High-speed mobile date rate capacity demand of the population is met by MIMO technology which places multiple antenna elements closely together in a compact case, both at base station and user mobile utilizing multipath rich propagation environment but due to the modern slimmer and thinner designs, Multiple antenna elements must be accommodated in 5G devices while avoiding severe electro-magnetic coupling. In this thesis, for compact and thin 5G user device, we designed an 8 element MIMO system and analyzed the system performance for various parameters for any likely degrading.