Reverberation Chambers for Over-the-Air Tests: An Overview of Two Decades of Research

• Published in: IEEE access Vol. 6; pp. 49129 - 49143
• Main Authors: Chen, Xiaoming, Tang, Jiazhi, Li, Teng, Zhu, Shitao, Ren, Yuxin, Zhang, Zhihua, Zhang, Anxue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01-01-2018; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Antennas; channel characterizations; Electromagnetic compatibility; over-the-air (OTA) tests; Probability density function; Reflection coefficient; Reflector antennas; reverberation chamber (RC); Reverberation chambers
• ISSN: 2169-3536; 2169-3536
• DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2867228

The reverberation chamber (RC) has traditionally been used for electromagnetic compatibility tests. About two decade ago, it found application in various over-the-air (OTA) tests of antennas and wireless devices. This paper gives an overview of nearly two decades of research on the RC-based OTA tests, ranging from antenna measurements and characterizations to OTA tests of both terminals and base stations. Apart from the advantages of the RC-based OTA tests, some important issues are identified.