Full‐duplex MIMO system based on antenna cancellation technique

Abstract

The performance of an antenna cancellation technique for a multiple‐input–multiple‐output (MIMO) full‐duplex system that is based on null‐steering beamforming and antenna polarisation diversity is investigated. A practical implementation of a symmetric antenna topology comprising three dual‐polarised patch antennas operating at 2.4 GHz is described. The measurement results show an average of 60 dB self‐interference cancellation over 200 MHz bandwidth. Moreover, a decoupling level of up to 22 dB is achieved for MIMO multiplexing using antenna polarisation diversity. The performance evaluation of the proposed technique was performed by simulation and measurement and the results have good agreement.