Experimental evaluation of a linear angular momentum multiplexed radio link for moving platforms. (27th October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Allen, Ben; Brown, Tim W. C.; Drysdale, Timothy D.
• Is Part Of: Proceedings. Volume 477:Number 2254(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-10-27
• Subjects: wireless communications -- linear angular momentum multiplexing -- antenna arrays -- spectral efficiency -- railway communications; Physical sciences -- Periodicals; Engineering -- Periodicals; Mathematics -- Periodicals; 500
• DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2021.0295
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1364-5021

Abstract

Abstract : Linear angular momentum multiplexing (LAMM) has recently been proposed for high spectral-efficiency communications between moving platforms, such as between trains and ground infrastructure. We present performance results obtained from a scale experimental system comprising a 2 × 2 antenna system operating at 2.35 GHz. The link transmitted two independent video streams, using RF pre-coding and software-defined radios to modulate and up/down-convert the signals. Linear motion is introduced to demonstrate the translation-invariance of the technique. We interpret the measured data with the aid of an analytical model to show that crosstalk between the two channels is at levels low enough to consistently support the video streams without interruption. Specifically, our results show spectral efficiency is consistently higher when LAMM coding is enabled compared with an uncoded channel.