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MIMO and Smart Antennas for Mobile Broadband ... - 4G Americas

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CONTENTSSummary .................................................................................................................................................. 4INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 41 Antenna Fundamentals ..................................................................................................................... 61.1 Base Station Antenna Types <strong>and</strong> Evolution .............................................................................. 81.2 Reconfigurable Beam Antenna ................................................................................................ 111.3 Integrated Radio/Antenna ........................................................................................................ 131.4 Active Antenna System (AAS) Technology ............................................................................. 171.5 High Gain <strong>Antennas</strong> <strong>for</strong> Wide Area ......................................................................................... 221.6 Commercial Antenna Types Supplied – One Vendor .............................................................. 272 <strong>MIMO</strong> with LTE ............................................................................................................................... 302.1 LTE Downlink <strong>MIMO</strong> Basics .................................................................................................... 312.2 <strong>Antennas</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>MIMO</strong> .................................................................................................................. 382.3 Antenna Array Calibration ........................................................................................................ 473 Reconfigurable Beam <strong>Antennas</strong> ..................................................................................................... 523.1 How Reconfigurable Beam <strong>Antennas</strong> Work ............................................................................ 523.2 Use Cases of Reconfigurable Beam <strong>Antennas</strong> in 3G Networks ............................................. 533.3 Comparison of RET, 2D, <strong>and</strong> 3D Reconfigurable Beam <strong>Antennas</strong> ......................................... 553.4 Measurement of Coverage, Interference, <strong>and</strong> Load Balancing with Reconfigurable Beam<strong>Antennas</strong> ............................................................................................................................................ 553.5 Network Optimization Versus Load Balancing ........................................................................ 573.6 Antenna Beam width Distribution ............................................................................................ 583.7 Reconfigurable Beam <strong>Antennas</strong> – Cyclical Traffic Pattern Management ............................... 593.8 Reconfigurable Beam Antenna Summary ............................................................................... 604 Deployment Scenarios .................................................................................................................... 614.1 Typical Cell Site Architecture ................................................................................................... 614.2 Current Deployments ............................................................................................................... 65<strong>4G</strong> <strong>Americas</strong> <strong>MIMO</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Smart</strong> <strong>Antennas</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Mobile</strong> Systems – October 2012 – All Rights Reserved2

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