Final report on link level and system level channel models - Winner

WINNER D5.4 v. 1.4
system used by KTH is self-made based on commercial laboratory equipment. All measurements systems
are described in more detail below. For further information the reader is advised to consult the web pages
under the links given in Table 5.1.
5.1.2.1 PropSound channel sounder
Figure 5.1 presents a schematic diagram of PropSound channel sounder. The sounder system consists of
separate transmitter and receiver parts, which both are controlled through a personal computer. Both TX
and RX are able to control RF switches, which are synchronized in order to make time-multiplexed
MIMO measurements.
Figure 5.1: Block diagram of PropSound multidimensional sounder.
NOK and EBIT both have a PropSound channel sounder. However, the systems have somewhat different
characteristics. The key features of the EBIT PropSound channel sounder are listed in Table 5.2, while the
NOK PropSound features are listed in Table 5.3.
Table 5.2: Key features of EBIT PropSound channel sounder.
Feature Value Note
Frequency range
1.7 GHz – 2.7 GHz
Depending on RF unit
Max. number of transmitter channels
(Tx-antennas)
Max. number of receiver channels (Rxantennas)
Maximum RF power in antenna input
(after TX switch)
Chip rate
Sequence length (defines maximum
excess delay)
5.1 GHz – 5.9 GHz
64 Limited by the switch
64 Limited by the switch
26 dBm
Up to 100 Mchips/s
31 – 4096
Propagation delay resolution 10 ... 10000 ns ( = 1 / chip rate) With ISIS resolution
significantly better
Max. meas. data storage rate
27 Mb/sec
Table 5.3: Key features of NOK PropSound sounder.
Feature Value Note
Frequency range 1.8−2.1GHz, 2.1−2.5GHz, depending on RF unit
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