Massive MIMO: From Fascinating Theory to Amazing Proven Concept

• Monday, 29 June, 14:00-17:30, Room 11

• Organisers:

  • Ove Edfors (Imec, Belgium)
  • Liesbet Van der Perre (imec/KU Leuven, Belgium)

Workshop Description

Massive MIMO opens up a new dimension of wireless communications by using an excess of base-station antennas, relative to the number of active terminals. The technique allows for very efficient spatial multiplexing, attainable using linear processing in a time-division duplex mode. The concept through the excess of antennas brings about radical improvements in both energy and spectral efficiencies. In recent years, there has been substantial theoretical progress and the research community, as well as industry, has largely reached consensus that Massive MIMO will play a major practical role in the near future, influencing several communications standards. However, before we are ready to standardize and deploy Massive MIMO in practice, many important aspects still have to be addressed. Recently, major progress has been made towards a real and attractive implementation of Massive MIMO. Remarkably, real-life proof of concept has been realized in the effectively equipped test-bed (at the university of Lund), confirming the potential exceptional value of this technology for future (5G) networks.

This workshop will bring participants up-to-date on Massive MIMO, from the theory to the actual status of the technology and proof of concept, brought by leading experts in this specific domain.

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