Full-duplex systems are expected to achieve 100% rate improvement over
half-duplex systems if the self-interference signal can be significantly
mitigated. In this paper, we propose the first full-duplex system utilizing
Multi-Reconfigurable Antenna (MRA) with ?90% rate improvement compared to
half-duplex systems. MRA is a dynamically reconfigurable antenna structure,
that is capable of changing its properties according to certain input
configurations. A comprehensive experimental analysis is conducted to
characterize the system performance in typical indoor environments. The
experiments are performed using a fabricated MRA that has 4096 configurable
radiation patterns. The achieved MRA-based passive self-interference
suppression is investigated, with detailed analysis for the MRA training
overhead. In addition, a heuristic-based approach is proposed to reduce the MRA
training overhead. The results show that at 1% training overhead, a total of
95dB self-interference cancellation is achieved in typical indoor environments.
The 95dB self-interference cancellation is experimentally shown to be
sufficient for 90% full-duplex rate improvement compared to half-duplex
systems.Comment: Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication
