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Next Generation Very High Throughput: 802.11ac WLAN MIMO Design & Test Challenges
Presented by: Greg Jue and Jake Sanderson, Agilent Technologies

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Agenda
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Market Drivers and Resulting Design & Test Challenges Quick Review: What is MIMO? MIMO Simulation Case Study MIMO Transmitter Hardware EVM Testing Advanced Modeling: 802.11ac Digital Pre-distortion (DPD) MIMO Receiver Design and Testing

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802.xx A Family of Wireless Standards

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VHT 802.11ac/ad

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New Applications for WLAN


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Growth of high-definition video and desire for wireless connections is driving need for higher data rates for applications such as:

Wireless display Distribution of video/media content throughout the home or office Rapid file upload/download (sync devices, movie kiosks)
Example data rates: Application
Interactive videoconferencing Internet video streaming HDTV Blu-Ray Uncompressed video, good quality (8-bits/color, 1920x1080p, 24 fps, 4:2:2) Uncompressed video, best quality (10-bits/color, 1920x1080p, 60 fps, 4:4:4)

Data Rate (Mbps)


0.38 to 0.5 2.5 to 8 19.4 to 25 40 796 3730

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Enhancements for 802.11ac


Feature Channel bandwidth FFT size Data subcarriers / pilots Modulation types MCS supported Spatial streams and MIMO
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Mandatory 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz 64, 128, 256 52 / 4, 108 / 6, 234 / 8 BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM 0 to 7 1

Optional 160 MHz, 80+80 MHz 512 468 / 16 256QAM 8 and 9 2 to 8 Tx beamforming, STBC Multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO)

Operating mode / PPDU format

Very high throughput / VHT

Data rates: 1.56 Gbps (80 MHz, 4 Tx, MCS9) reasonable case 6.93 Gbps (160 MHz, 8 Tx, MCS9, short GI) best case
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802.11ac Design & Test Challenges


Channel
D/A
Bits In A/D
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Coding Algorithms

Tx
IQ Mod Impairments LO Phase Noise Filter Impairments PA Linearity

Rx
Rx Sensitivity LO Phase Noise Filter Impairments

Decoding Algorithms

Bits Out

Considerations: Transmitter Design


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LO phase noise needed to meet EVM for 256QAM vs. 64QAM PA linearity, IQ modulator, mixer, filter impairments PA digital pre-distortion?

Transmitter MIMO Hardware Performance


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RF MIMO EVM - how to generate and analyze R&D test signals (two or more spatial streams, different bandwidths, different modulation orders) Debug IQ and IF stages? Crosstalk and timing issues

Receiver Hardware Performance


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Coded BER performance of RF hardwarebaseband HW available? Rx sensitivity and LO phase noise to meet BER for 256QAM vs. 64QAM
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802.11ac MIMO System Design & Test


Minimizing System Integration Risks
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MIMO Transmitter Design MIMO Receiver Testing & Debug MIMO Transmitter Testing & Debug PA Nonlinearities / Digital Pre-Distortion

With 802.11ac needing higher performance designs, every part of the transmit and receive chain becomes critical to the link budget So how to decide the optimum balance, without overdesigning? How are design requirements impacted for 64QAM vs. 256QAM? ..for 80 MHz vs. 160MHz?...for SISO vs. MIMO?
A/D

MIMO Receiver Design

RF Channel
D/A Bits In

Coding Algorithms

Tx

Rx

Decoding Algorithms

Bits Out

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Agenda
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Market Drivers and Resulting Design & Test Challenges Quick Review: What is MIMO? MIMO Simulation Case Study MIMO Transmitter Hardware EVM Testing Advanced Modeling: 802.11ac DPD MIMO Receiver Design and Testing

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MIMO: Increased Capacity (and Test Complexity)


Transmit Antennas

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The Radio Channel

Receive Antennas

Transmit Antennas

The Radio Channel

Receive Antennas

SISO
Single Input Single Output

SIMO

Single Input Multiple Output (Receive diversity)

MISO

MIMO

Multiple Input Single Output (Transmit diversity)

Multiple Input Multiple Output (Multiple data streams)


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Multiple Antenna Techniques in 802.11ac


Spatial Expansion (Transmit Diversity)
Spatial division multiplexing (direct mapping)

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MIMO
Multi-user MIMO

Space-time block coding (STBC)


X1, X2

X1

y1

4 streams, 3 users
y2

X2

Receive Diversity
y1, y2 -X2, X1*

Transmit Beamforming
MIMO (4x2)

Diversity Improve robustness

Downlink only Up to 4 users Up to 4 streams/user Total 8 streams max


Matrix

Spatial multiplexing Improve user throughput

Multi-user Increase system efficiency

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Agenda
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Market Drivers and Resulting Design & Test Challenges Quick Review: What is MIMO? MIMO Simulation Case Study MIMO Transmitter Hardware EVM Testing Advanced Modeling: 802.11ac DPD MIMO Receiver Design and Testing

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802.11ac MIMO Transmitter Design


Design Considerations: LO phase noise needed for 64QAM vs. 256QAM? IQ modulator, mixer, and filter impairments? PA linearity? 80 MHz vs. 160 MHz bandwidth?
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802.11ac MIMO Simulation Results 160 MHz 256 QAM

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802.11ac MIMO Simulation Results 160 MHz 64 QAM

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How do the design consideration change for 64 QAM, or maybe for 80 MHz bandwidth ??
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Section Summary:
MIMO Transmitter Design
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Channel
D/A Bits In A/D

Coding Algorithms

Tx
IQ Mod Impairments LO Phase Noise Filter Impairments PA Linearity

Rx
Rx Sensitivity LO Phase Noise Filter Impairments

Decoding Algorithms

Bits Out

Considerations:

Transmitter Design Performance


LO phase noise needed to meet EVM for 256QAM vs. 64QAM PA linearity, IQ modulator, mixer, filter impairments

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SystemVue Instrument Support


Create MIMO Test Signals and Scenarios
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DOWNLOAD TO AWGs

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Agenda
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Market Drivers and Resulting Design & Test Challenges Quick Review: What is MIMO? MIMO Simulation Case Study MIMO Transmitter Hardware EVM Testing Advanced Modeling: 802.11ac DPD MIMO Receiver Design and Testing

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802.11ac MIMO Transmitter Testing


Generate 5.8 GHz 160 MHz MIMO waveforms
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Master 81180

Slave 81180

Notes: MIMO simulation & download is run from a math script instead of a single controller UI, in order to set the master/slave configuration after the AWG download
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802.11ac MIMO Hardware Testing


5.8 GHz 160 MHz 2x2 MIMO Transmitter test setup
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Test Results- Waveform Time Synchronization


Multi-channel oscilloscope used for MIMO wideband analysis
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13 GHz Digital Oscilloscope

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Test Results- 5.8 GHz 160 MHz 2x2 MIMO Demod


Equalizer trained by Preamble, Pilots, and Data for better EVM

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13 GHz Digital Oscilloscope + 89600 VSA SW

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Test Results- 5.8 GHz 160 MHz 2x2 MIMO Demod


Equalizer trained by Preamble only
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13 GHz Digital Oscilloscope + 89600 VSA SW

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Troubleshooting IQ, IF, and RF Issues


Digital oscilloscope with VSA software (IQ, IF, RF)

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Digital oscilloscope with VSA software for 2 or 4 channel RF MIMO analysis

FGPA/DSP

D/A
Analog (IF or IQ) IF RF

PA

PA

Two or Four RF MIMO Transmitters


PA

D/A

PA

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802.11ac MIMO Hardware Testing


3x3 MIMO with Wideband PXI MIMO Signal Analyzer

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N5182B
MXG Channel 1

N5182B
MXG Channel 2

MXG Signal Generators with up to 160 MHz modulated bandwidth

N5182B
MXG Channel 3

W1461BP
SystemVue Environment

W1917EP
WLAN library with 802.11ac

Wideband MIMO PXI VSA 800 MHz IF BW

89600B
VSA software, Opt BHJ

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Test Results- 5.8 GHz 80 MHz 2x2 MIMO Demod


PXI Wideband VSA Results

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Wideband MIMO PXI VSA With 89600 VSA software

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Section Summary
802.11ac MIMO Transmitter Testing
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Channel
D/A
Bits In A/D

Coding Algorithms

Tx
IQ Mod Impairments LO Phase Noise Filter Impairments PA Linearity

Rx
Rx Sensitivity LO Phase Noise Filter Impairments

Decoding Algorithms

Bits Out

Considerations:

Transmitter MIMO Hardware Performance


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RF MIMO EVM - how to generate and analyze R&D test signals (two or more spatial streams, different bandwidths, different modulation orders) Debug IQ and IF stages? Crosstalk and timing issues

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Agenda
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Market Drivers and Resulting Design & Test Challenges Quick Review: What is MIMO? MIMO Simulation Case Study MIMO Transmitter Hardware EVM Testing Advanced Modeling: 802.11ac DPD MIMO Receiver Design and Testing

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Advanced Modeling:
802.11ac DPD
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Digital Pre-Distortion Problem Statement


High PAE Higher Drive levels Signals with high PAPR High Distortion levels High Spectral Efficiency Back off the drive levels

Conflicting requirements How to handle signals with high PAPR, while driving the PA to operate with high PAE, while also having low signal distortion?
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Advanced Modeling:
802.11ac DPD
CFR High DC-RF Efficiency High Crest Factor Causes high distortion levels DPD High Spectral Efficiency
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Increase Drive levels

Higher Throughput rates for subscribers

DPD CFR

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Advanced Modeling:
802.11ac DPD W1917 WLAN library can generate signals for Agilent W1716 DPD module DPD extends RF performance and helps increase battery life thru higher efficiency DPD requires 3-5x the signal bandwidth of the PA Integrated crest factor reduction (CFR) Agilent provides an open system for wideband RX/TX modeling
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Advanced Modeling:
802.11ac DPD
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Advanced Modeling:
Sweep Power, watch EVM, ACP
EVM vs. Output Power
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ACP vs. Output Power


Lower/Upper ACLR w/o DPD

EVM w/o DPD

EVM with DPD

ACLR with DPD

Input waveform:
IEEE 802.11ac, 5 GHz WLAN No CFR (PAPR is 8.7dB) Bandwidth = 80MHz system 4x Oversampling rate=320 MHz

Output < 0 dBm

0 < Output < +16.5 dBm DPD offers significant benefit

DPD offers little benefit

Device Under Test:


WLAN FCE model extracted from Agilent GoldenGate RFIC simulator

+16.5 dBm < Output PA is not correctable

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Section Summary:
Digital Pre-Distortion
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Baseband DPD algorithms And PA Modeling


D/A Bits In A/D

Coding Algorithms

Tx
IQ Mod Impairments LO Phase Noise Filter Impairments PA Linearity

Rx
Rx Sensitivity LO Phase Noise Filter Impairments

Decoding Algorithms

Bits Out

Considerations:

Transmitter MIMO Performance Required for Higher Order Modulation


PA digital pre-distortion?

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Agenda
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Market Drivers and Resulting Design & Test Challenges Quick Review: What is MIMO? MIMO Simulation Case Study MIMO Transmitter Hardware EVM Testing Advanced Modeling: 802.11ac DPD MIMO Receiver Design and Testing

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WLAN 802.11ac Receiver Design


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WLAN 802.11ac coded BER/FER measurements with AWGN channel


802.11ac parameterized Coded TX source
UE0 _ Ch Co d e d Bi s t

O1 Frequency=5e+9Hz [FCarrier] Power=0.1W [SignalPower]

802.11ac parameterized Reference RX


QUAD OU T OU T
Co n s te l l a t o i n

Im

Freq Phase Q I Amp

Fc

UE0 _ Co n s te l l a o i t n

Mod

Si g AftSp a ti a l M a p S e g 1

Re
C2

Noise Density
AWGN NDensityType=Constant noise density NDensity=-64.044dBm [NDensity]

Si g AftM a t x i r

BER/FER tester
TEST

Env

Cx

inpu t WL AN_ 1 1 a c _ Re ce ve i re d Bi Ch Co d s t

11010
B1 DataPattern=PN15

UEs Bi t s Si g AftSp a ti a l M a p S e g 0 WL AN_ 1 1 a c _ So u rc e

Ou tp u t_ IQSe g 1

Modulator InputType=I/Q FCarrier=5e+9Hz [FCarrier]

M SDU

E1 WLAN_11ac_Receiver_1 REF NumRx=1 Bandwidth=BW 40 MHz [Bandwidth] OversampleRatio=x2 [OversampleRatio] B2 MCS=2 [MCS] StartStopOption=Samples IdleInterval=12e-6s BitsPerFrame=8192 [User0_MPDUDataLength(1)*8] NumUsers=1 N_SS=1;1;1;1 [[1,1,1,1]] STBC=NO FrameFormat=DataFrames CodingType=0;0;0;0 [[0,0,0,0]] AggregatedMPDU=1 [AggregatedMPDU] NumMPDUPerUser=1 [NumMPDUPerUser] User0_MPDUDataLength=1024 [User0_MPDUDataLength] User0_MPDUMACHeader=0 [User0_MPDUMACHeader] User1_MPDUDataLength=1024;1024;1024;1024;1024;1024;1024;1024 [[1024,1024,1024,1024,1024,1024,1024,1024]] User1_MPDUMACHeader=0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0 [[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]] User2_MPDUDataLength=1024;1024;1024;1024;1024;1024;1024;1024 [[1024,1024,1024,1024,1024,1024,1024,1024]] User2_MPDUMACHeader=0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0 [[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]] User3_MPDUDataLength=1024;1024;1024;1024;1024;1024;1024;1024 [[1024,1024,1024,1024,1024,1024,1024,1024]] User3_MPDUMACHeader=0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0 [[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]] ScrambleSeed=1;0;1;1;1;0;1 [[1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1]] ReInitialize=YES SpatialMappingScheme=DirectMapping SpatialMappingMatrix=1 [[1]] ShortGI=NO

Ou tp u t_ IQSe g 0

WLAN_11ac_Source_1 NumTx=1 Bandwidth=BW 40 MHz [Bandwidth] OversampleRatio=x2 [OversampleRatio] MCS=2 [MCS] IdleInterval=12e-6s TransmissionMode=MultiUser NumUsers=1 N_SS=1 [[1]] STBC=NO CodingType=0 [[0]] AggregatedMPDU=1 [AggregatedMPDU] NumMPDUPerUser=1 [NumMPDUPerUser] User0_MPDUDataLength=1024 [User0_MPDUDataLength] User0_MPDUMACHeader=0 [User0_MPDUMACHeader] ScrambleSeed=1;0;1;1;1;0;1 [[1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1]] SpatialMappingScheme=DirectMapping ShortGI=NO WindowingLength=2

D1 N=8192 [User0_MPDUDataLength(1)*8] OutputTiming=EqualToInput

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WLAN 802.11ac Receiver Design


System-level interference scenarios Add Interferers, Fading RF nonlinearities Phase noise ADC/DAC Filtering, and more
Interference
802.11ac, Fc=5.16GHz, BW=80MHz
U E0_C hC odedBi ts U E0_C onst el at i l on

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Signal for BER Test

Interferer

Si gAf t Spat i al M apSeg1

11010
B3 DataPattern=PN15

U EsBi ts Si gAf t Spat i al M apSeg0 WLAN _11ac_Sour ce

O2 Frequency=5.16e+9Hz [FCarrier+2* 80e6] Power=0.1W [SignalPower]

O ut put _I Q Seg1

Im

Freq Phase Q I Amp

QUAD OUT

O ut put _I Q Seg0

Mod OUT

Amplifier

WLAN_11ac_Source_2 NumTx=1 Bandwidth=BW 80 MHz [Bandwidth] OversampleRatio=x8 [OversampleRatio] MCS=0 [[0]] IdleInterval=0s TransmissionMode=MultiUser

Re
C1

Modulator1 InputType=I/Q FCarrier=5.16e+9Hz [FCarrier+2* 80e6]

RF_Gain1 GainUnit=dB Gain=-61 [-48-SignalPower_dBm+7] NoiseFigure=0

WLAN 11ac measurements Non-adjacent Channel Rejection


Spe c trum Ana y l ze r

Desired Signal
802.11ac, Fc=5.00GHz, BW=80MHz
U E0_C hC odedBi ts U E0_C onst el at i l on

Si gAf t Spat i al M apSeg1

11010
B1 DataPattern=PN15

U EsBi ts Si gAf t Spat i al M apSeg0 WLAN _11ac_Sour ce

O1 Frequency=5e+9Hz [FCarrier] Power=0.1W [SignalPower]

Spectrum Mode=ResBW Start=12e-6s ResBW=100e3Hz

802.11ac Reference RX
C onst el at i l on

O ut put _I Q Seg1

Im

Freq Phase Q I Amp

Receiver_Thermal_Noise NDensityType=Constant noise density NDensity=-173.975dBm QUAD OUT OUT

F c Amplifier Env

O ut put _I Q Seg0

Mod

WLAN_11ac_Source_1 NumTx=1 Bandwidth=BW 80 MHz [Bandwidth] OversampleRatio=x8 [OversampleRatio] MCS=8 [MCS] IdleInterval=12e-6s TransmissionMode=MultiUser

Re
C2

Noise Density
F3 {BPF_Butterworth@Data Flow Models} FCenter=5e+9Hz [FCarrier] PassBandwidth=80e6Hz PassAtten=3 Order=5

Si gAf t M at r i x

Env

Cx

nput i WLAN _11ac_R ecei v C er hC odedBi ts

Modulator InputType=I/Q FCarrier=5e+9Hz [FCarrier]

M SD U

TEST REF
B2 StartStopOption=Samples BitsPerFrame=32768 [User0_MPDUDataLength(1)* 8]

RF_Gain GainUnit=dB Gain=-68 [-48-SignalPower_dBm] NoiseFigure=0

A1 OutputFc=Min

E1 WLAN_11ac_Receiver_1 NumRx=1 Bandwidth=BW 80 MHz [Bandwidth] OversampleRatio=x8 [OversampleRatio] MCS=8 [MCS] IdleInterval=12e-6s

AWGN

D1 N=32768 [User0_MPDUDataLength(1)* 8] OutputTiming=EqualToInput

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WLAN 802.11ac Receiver Design:


802.11ac BER Example
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Sweep Eb/No parameter In BER simulation

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WLAN 802.11ac Receiver Design:


802.11ac BER Example
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BER vs Eb/No Result

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WLAN 802.11ac Receiver Hardware Testing:


BER Example Detailed Connections

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N5182A MXG IQ data via LAN

Ref Out

SystemVue running on PXI controller

89600 VSA software running on PXI controller

Wideband PXI MIMO Signal Analyzer

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WLAN 802.11ac Receiver Hardware Testing:


Signal generation

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802.11ac source IP download directly to MXG

UE0_ChCodedBi s t

UE0_Cons tellati on

SigAftSpatialMapSeg1

11010
B1 DataPattern=PN15

UEs Bits SigAftSpatialMapSeg0

O1 Frequency=5e+9Hz [FCarrier] Power=0.1W [SignalPower]

WLAN_11ac_Source

Output_IQSeg1

Im

Freq Phase Q I Amp

QUAD OUT
ESG4438C Downloader

Output_IQSeg0

Mod
OUT

WLAN_11ac_Source_1 NumTx=1 Bandwidth=BW 40 MHz [Bandwidth] OversampleRatio=x1 [OversampleRatio] IdleInterval=12e-6s TransmissionMode=MultiUser MCS=2 [MCS]

Re
C2

Modulator InputType=I/Q FCarrier=5e+9Hz [FCarrier]

S3 HWAvailable=YES PrimAddress='141.121.94.223 AutoScale=YES

Fc Env Cx
WLAN_11ac_EVM

E1

W1 MirrorSpectrum=NO Start=0s AverageType=RMS (Video) FramesToAverage=4 GuardIntervalSel=Auto Detect Guard SearchLength=1e-3s MeasurementOffset=0 MeasurementInterval=53 [Nsym] SubcarrierSpacing=312.5e3Hz SymbolTimingAdjust=-3.125 TrackAmplitude=YES TrackPhase=YES TrackTiming=YES Bandwidth=BW40MHz [Bandwidth] NumTx=1 TimeStep=25e-9 [1/SampleRate]

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WLAN 802.11ac Receiver Hardware Testing:


Signal Capture and Analysis

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802.11ac receiver IP demodulates, BER calculated


123
S1 StartStopOption=Samples
Constellati on gap

VSA_89600B_Source

out

DeMod

Freq Phase Q I Amp

Im
input

SigAftMatrix

Re
R2

WLAN_11ac_Recei ver ChCodedB s t i

V1 VSATitle='Simulation output D2 OutputType=Timed (Envelope/Real Baseband) OutputType=I/Q VSATrace=B FCarrier=5e+9Hz [FCarrier]

MSDU

TEST REF

WLAN_11ac_Receiver_1 NumRx=1 Bandwidth=BW 40 MHz [Bandwidth] OversampleRatio=x2 [OversampleRatio] IdleInterval=12e-6s MCS=2 [MCS]

B2 StartStopOption=Samples BitsPerFrame=8192 [User0_MPDUDataLength(1)*8

123
S2 StartStopOption=Time

11010
B1 DataPattern=PN15 D1 N=8192 [User0_MPDUDataLength(1)*8] OutputTiming=EqualToInput

89600 VSA software Captures IQ data from PXI analyzer

Fc Env Cx
WLAN_11ac_EVM

W1 MirrorSpectrum=NO E1 Start=0s Spectrum Analyzer AverageType=RMS (Video) FramesToAverage=4 GuardIntervalSel=Auto Detect Guard SearchLength=1e-3s S3 {SpectrumAnalyzerEnv@Data Flow Models} MeasurementOffset=0 Mode=TimeGate MeasurementInterval=53 [Nsym] Start=0s [Start_Time] SubcarrierSpacing=312.5e3Hz SegmentTime=1e-3s [Stop_Time - Start_Time + Time_Spacing] SymbolTimingAdjust=-3.125 TrackAmplitude=YES TrackPhase=YES TrackTiming=YES Bandwidth=BW40MHz [Bandwidth] NumTx=1 TimeStep=12.5e-9 [1/SampleRate]

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Hardware Test Results:


BER and EVM results
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BER and EVM results in tabular form

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Section Summary: MIMO Receiver Design and Testing


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Measure RF Receiver Components Receiver Test Signal


D/A Bits In A/D

Coding Algorithms (Simulated)

RF

Rx
Rx Sensitivity LO Phase Noise Filter Impairments

Decoding Algorithms (Simulated)

Bits Out

Considerations: Receiver BER Performance


-

Coded BER performance of RF hardwarebaseband HW available? Rx sensitivity and LO phase noise to meet BER for 256QAM vs. 64QAM

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Summary: 802.11ac Design & Test Challenges


Channel
D/A
Bits In A/D
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Coding Algorithms

Tx
IQ Mod Impairments LO Phase Noise Filter Impairments PA Linearity

Rx
Rx Sensitivity LO Phase Noise Filter Impairments

Decoding Algorithms

Bits Out

Considerations: Transmitter Design


-

LO phase noise needed to meet EVM for 256QAM vs. 64QAM PA linearity, IQ modulator, mixer, filter impairments PA digital pre-distortion?

Transmitter MIMO Hardware Performance


-

RF MIMO EVM - how to generate and analyze R&D test signals (two or more spatial streams, different bandwidths, different modulation orders) Debug IQ and IF stages? Crosstalk and timing issues

Receiver Hardware Performance


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Coded BER performance of RF hardwarebaseband HW available? Rx sensitivity and LO phase noise to meet BER for 256QAM vs. 64QAM
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Additional Resources
Webcasts
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Introduction to 802.11ac WLAN Technology and Testing Webcast http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/eventDetail.jspx?cc=US&lc =eng&ckey=2067515&nid=-11143.0.00&id=2067515


Innovations in EDA: High Performance Digital Pre-Distortion (DPD) for Wideband Systems http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/redirector.jspx?action=ref&l c=eng&cc=US&nfr=34867.0.08&ckey=2021229&cname=AGILENT_EVENT Accelerate 802.11ac/ad system-level design & verification for next-generation WLAN http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/eventDetail.jspx?cc=US&lc =eng&ckey=2112408&nid=-52844.3383972.08&id=2112408

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Additional Resources
Articles and Application Notes
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Tackling MIMO Design and Test Challenges for 802.11ac WLAN Microwave Journal http://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/17140-tackling-mimodesign-and-test-challenges-for-802-11ac-wlan
Wideband Digital Pre-Distortion with Agilent SystemVue and PXI Modular Instrument http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5990-8883EN.pdf

Accelerate Development of Next Generation 802.11ac Wireless LAN Transmitters-Overview http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5990-9872EN.pdf


Agilents WLAN 802.11ac Test and Design Home Page http://www.agilent.com/find/80211ac

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