Design, characterization and development of a new mm-wave antenna arrays for future MIMO wireless underground communication systems

MIMO天线系统在未来无线网络中的应用是必然的。在无线网络中使用MIMO系统带来了许多好处，包括提高网络的可靠性、安全性、数据吞吐量和容量。然而，存在诸如成本、复杂性和物理尺寸等问题，这些问题阻碍了它们的广泛商业应用。拟议的三年项目监督开发一种新型毫米波MIMO天线系统，以满足使用多天线系统的新兴商业无线通信的需求。这项理论和实验研究将使我们的LRTCS-UQAT、INRS-EMT和UQO合作团队与我们的工业合作伙伴Télébec长期合作，领导加拿大和全球为地下矿山新兴MIMO无线通信市场开发具有成本效益的高性能解决方案的努力。具体而言，我们的研究工作是针对开发和实现新的毫米波天线阵列的设计，移动的终端，然后他们的应用，以实现实验MIMO系统的低成本和紧凑的尺寸。我们的方法是基于一类新的宽带毫米波平面天线阵列。通过这种方法，将使用微带或CPW技术实现实验MIMO天线系统，该技术允许将天线阵列和MIMO收发器集成在同一板上。因此，我们的研究方向如下：（i）将发展精确和通用的毫米波技术用于平面天线的设计;（ii）将设计、制造和测试平面天线阵列;（iii）将发展简单和实用的MIMO信道模型用于研究使用MIMO天线系统的无线通信性能;（iv）将发展简单和实用的MIMO信道模型用于研究使用MIMO天线系统的无线通信性能。实验MIMO系统将设计，制造和实现。最后，这一项目产生的新知识和对与这一工作不同阶段有关的高素质人员的培训肯定将有助于提高加拿大在高技术部门的全球竞争力。

Application of MIMO antenna systems in future wireless networks is inevitable. Using MIMO systems in wireless networks brings many benefits including improvement of the network reliability, security, data throughput and capacity. However, there are some issues such as cost, complexity and physical size which have prohibited their widespread commercial applications. The proposed three year project oversees the development of a novel millimeter-wave MIMO antenna systems tailored to the needs of emerging commercial wireless communications using multi-antenna systems. This theoretical and experimental research will allow our collaboration team from LRTCS-UQAT, INRS-EMT and UQO long with our industrial partner Télébec, to lead Canadian and worldwide efforts in developing cost-effective, high-performance solutions for the emerging MIMO wireless communication market in underground mines. Specifically, our research effort is directed toward developing and implementing new designs of millimeter-wave antenna arrays for mobile terminals and then their applications to implement experimental MIMO systems with low cost and compact size. Our approach is based on new class of wideband millimetre-wave planar antenna arrays. With this approach, an experimental MIMO antenna system will be implemented using microstrip or CPW technology, which allows integration of the antenna array and the MIMO transceiver on the same board. Therefore our research effort will be directed as follows: (i) Accurate and general millimeter-wave techniques will be developed for the design of planar antennas; (ii) Planar antenna arrays will be designed, fabricated and tested; (iii) Simple and practical MIMO channel models will be developed for investigating the performances of wireless communications using MIMO antenna systems; Experimental MIMO system will be designed, fabricated and implemented. Finally, the new knowledge generated from this project and the training of highly qualified personnel associated to the different stages of this work will certainly contribute to enhance Canada's global competitiveness in high-technology sectors.