PROJECT MULTI ANTENNA TECHNOLOGY (P-MATE)


Project Leaders

Xin MA (Lead), China Mobile
Neil MCGOWAN (Co-Lead), Ericsson

 

Contact: Franck EMMERICH, NGMN Office (office(at)ngmn.org)


Background

There are two trends for future antenna deployment: multi-antenna tech application for both TDD&FDD LTE systems and co-site requirements for 2G/3G/LTE operators. Thus, operators will face great challenges on antenna deployment with larger antenna size. Two major issues can be observed in base station antenna deployment:

 

  • Operators having different antenna specifications, even for the exact same frequency bands.
  • Multiple wireless networks using different antennas, even if co-located and close in frequency of operation.

 

This resulted a multitude of different base station antenna versions, which not increased cost for vendors, but also resulted in operators' increased OPEX due to a variety of antenna panels on the tower. In this respect it would be beneficial for the industry to align some optimal common base station antenna solutions or modes.


Scope & Objectives

The scope and objectives of this projects are:

 

  • Share experiences and solutions of compact antenna designs and deployment
  • Share experiences and solutions of co-sited multi-system antennas with wide frequency bandwidth supporting as many 2G/3G/LTE bands as possible
  • Conclude some antenna application modes for future antenna deployment in different scenarios based on the experience sharing

Main Deliverables

Main deliverables of the project Multi Antenna Technology (P-MATE) are/will be:

 

  • Smaller size antenna design solutions
  • FDD&TDD co-site solutions
  • Future antenna requirements

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