Over-the-air testing using wave-field synthesis

Today's wireless communication devices, such as GNSS receivers, smart-phones, etc. aim at a high integration grade to save space, costs and energy consumption. Besides small devices, also very large communication devices, e. g. cars with integrated LTE antennas exist. To accelerate the development process and time-to-market, adequate test procedures are needed to ensure proper functioning of all device components. The goal of this thesis is to develop test processes that guarantee for reproducible test conditions and to allow for comparable performance measurements of communication systems of different sizes. This thesis consists of two parts, namely Wave Field Synthesis for electrically small, and Wireless Cable for electrically large devices.