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Sounding
Sept 2015
Sheri DeTomasi
5G Solutions
Program Manager
Topics
Channel sounding fundamental
Channel sounding approaches
5G Channel sounding technical challenges
5G channel sounding measurements
Summary
Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
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100 GHz
Frequency
WavelengthMicrowave
mm-Wave
1 GHz
10 cm
New
Market Demands
Amazingly fast
Great service in a crowd
1 cm
1 THz
10 THz
THz
Far IR
1 mm
100X Data
Rates
1000X
Capacity
100X
Densification
1mS Latency
Reliability
99.999%
100X Energy
Efficiency
100 mm
100 THz
Infrared
10 mm
1PHz
UV
1 mm
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Channel
= () ()
Tx
CIR
Channel Impulse Response
Rx
=
= ( )
=
* RF: Radio Frequency
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Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
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Channel
Parameters
RF
Channel
Channel Modeling
Channel Models
UEs
Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
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Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
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Channel Sounding
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Topics
Channel sounding fundamental
Channel sounding approaches
5G Channel sounding technical challenges
5G channel sounding measurements
Summary
Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
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Frequency Swept
Wideband
Correlation
Low measurement
speed
Low measurement
speed
Fast measurement
speed
Amplitude/phase
information
Amplitude/phase
information
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Channel Sounding
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Switching @ Tx & Rx
Slowest measurement
speed
Serial measurement
requires stable
measurement environment
No need for phase
coherence
No cross-interference
Switching @ Tx &
parallel receive
Fast measurement speed
Multi-channel phase
coherence needed in Rx
No cross-interference
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Channel Sounding
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Topics
Channel sounding fundamental
Channel sounding approaches
5G Channel sounding technical challenges
5G channel sounding measurements
Summary
Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
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mmWave
Frequency
Band
Ultrabroad
Bandwidth
5G Key
Requirements
New 5G
Channel Models
Massive
MIMO
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Channel Sounding
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Technical Challenges
Goal: Understand characteristics of new RF
Channels in mmWave
Technical Challenges
RF Channel
1.
2.
Tx
- Multi-channel
Rx
3.
4.
5.
Measurements:
AoA / AoD
Doppler Shift
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Channel Sounding
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Sliding Correlator
Low meas. speed
Amplitude
information only
Frequency Swept
Low meas. speed
Amplitude/phase
information
Wideband
Correlation
Fast meas. speed
Amplitude/phase
information
Switching @ Tx,
Parallel Receive
Fast
No crossinterference
Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
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Advantages
Fast measurement speed
MIMO sounding capability
High measurement performance
Arbitrary sounding waveform support
Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
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mmWave
Antenna
Channel
mmWave
Sounding
Signal
mmWave Switch
mmWave
Signal
mmWave Multichannel
Downconverter
mmWave Vector
Signal Generator
Wideband I/Q
Signal
IF Signal
Wideband AWG1
Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
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32GB/s 2
8GB/s 2
Max. delay
spread
CIR1
1.6GB/s 2
Effective
CIR Data
1
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Channel Sounding
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Channel Sounding
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System-Wide Calibration
mmWave
VSG2
I/Q Mismatch
Calibration
Wideband AWG1
Acquisition
Trigger
Rubidium
Clock
IQ imbalance
Multi-channel amplitude,
phase, delay
System delay
Power
Antenna
AWG
Wideband
Multi-channel
Receiver
Rubidium
Clock
Channel Parameter
Estimation Algorithm
Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
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SISO
PDP(relative
delay)
PDP (absolute
delay)
Doppler freq.
MIMO
Signal
Multi-ch
System
Gen&Acq. phase& IR cal
sync
cal
Yes
Yes
PDP(relative
delay)
PDP(absolute
delay)
Yes
Doppler freq.
Yes
AoA/AoD
using antenna
array
Yes
Yes
Antenna
cal
System
power
cal
System
delay cal
AWG
I/Q cal
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
Yes
Yes
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Topics
Channel sounding fundamental
Channel sounding approaches
5G Channel sounding technical challenges
5G channel sounding measurements
Summary
Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
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RF Channel
Instant parameters
PDP (Power Delay Profile): path
delay, path loss
AoA/AoD (Angle of Arrival/Departure)
Doppler shift
Tx
Rx
Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
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Measurement System
Keysight 5G Channel Sounding Reference Solution
1x4 or 1x8 MIMO
Channel
M9362A-D01 40 or 50 GHz
Down Convertors
Signal generation
and capture
Up to 44 GHz
Up to 1 GHz BW
Up to 8x8 MIMO
M8190 2GHz BW
N5173B 40 GHz LO
Software
System
Channel
Measurement
Results
10MHz GPS
Ref Clk
Transmitter
Config&Control
Receiver
Config&Control
IO control software
for calibration and synchronization
RT autocorrelation of CIR
in FPGA
Parameter Estimation
Algorithm
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1.5
0.04
1
0.03
0.5
0.02
0.01
-0.5
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
Effective data
length is much
shorter than
receive signal
-1
-1.5
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
9000
10000
Sounding
Signal@RX
Sounding
Signal@TX
Transmitter
Cross-correlator &
data truncation
(Real-time preprocessing in
M9703A FPGA)
Channel
CIR
(greatly reduced
amount of data)
Processing
Algorithms
(SAGE, ESPRIT,
etc.)
Received Signal
(huge amount of
data)
Receiver
Postprocessing
by user
0.045
0.04
0.035
Extracted
Channel
Parameters
0.03
0.025
0.02
0.015
0.01
0.005
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
9000
10000
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Channel Sounding
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4
Measurement
Parameters
3
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PDP
Mirror Spectrum = NO
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Channel Sounding
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Mirror Spectrum = NO
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Channel Sounding
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Channel Sounding
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Receiver
4x4
CF: 28GHz
BW: 1GHz
Size: 2 mobile carts,
838mm(L)*585mm(W)*92
0mm(H) for each
Power consumption: Tx
~1KW; Rx~800W
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Channel Sounding
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Tx
N9029AVxx-UDC
PA
LNA
BPF
N9029AV10 SA
frequency extension
module
15GHz Input
1~5GHz IF Output
E8267D
M8190 5GHz
BW AWG
Rubidium
Clock
N5173B
LO
AWG
Rubidium
Clock
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Channel Sounding
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Topics
Channel sounding fundamental
Channel sounding approaches
5G Channel sounding technical challenges
5G channel sounding measurements
Summary
Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
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2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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Massive MIMO
Receiver
Up to 104
channels
Channel Sounding
mmWave, BW, MIMO
Transmitter
Receiver
Up to 40 channels
Up to 16 channels
SystemVue Simulation
Software with 5G Library
Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
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Thank You
Keysight 5G
Channel Sounding
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Channel Sounding
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