ChinaCom2008-Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium

Research Article

A Comprehensive Model of Dual-Polarized Channels: from Experimental Observations to an Analytical Formulation

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/CHINACOM.2008.4685211,
        author={Claude Oestges},
        title={A Comprehensive Model of Dual-Polarized Channels: from Experimental Observations to an Analytical Formulation},
        proceedings={ChinaCom2008-Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM2008-WCN},
        year={2008},
        month={11},
        keywords={propagation; depolarization; channel modeling; MIMO},
        doi={10.1109/CHINACOM.2008.4685211}
    }
    
  • Claude Oestges
    Year: 2008
    A Comprehensive Model of Dual-Polarized Channels: from Experimental Observations to an Analytical Formulation
    CHINACOM2008-WCN
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/CHINACOM.2008.4685211
Claude Oestges1,*
  • 1: Microwave Laboratory - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FRS-FNRS) Université catholique de Louvain Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
*Contact email: claude.oestges@uclouvain.be

Abstract

In this communication, we investigate how to comprehensively model dual-polarized channels. We start with a theoretical description of the relevant mechanisms and parameters describing dual-polarized propagation. We then provide an overview of the most recent experimental results related to dualpolarized channels. It is namely observed that even the first-order statistics of the uplink channel matrix might not be equal to those of the downlink channel. In particular, the XPD might be different on the up- and downlinks and depend on the considered transmitted polarization. Finally, we propose an innovative and realistic model of dual-polarized channels accounting for these observations. The main advantage of the model is its simple analytical formulation, implying that it can easily be used as an abstract formalism to design adequate space-time coding or precoding techniques.