New Measurements Corner: Over‑The‑Air Measurement Innovation — Benoit Derat (Dec 2025)
Description:
We’re pleased to highlight a new Measurements Corner article by TC7 member Benoit Derat: “Over-The-Air Measurement Innovation: Our Journey in the Last Decade and the Road Ahead.” Derat reviews a decade of OTA testing advances, discusses strategies to shorten practical far-field distances, and outlines a roadmap for measurement capability improvements relevant to massive MIMO and mmWave testing. Read the article in IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine (Dec 2025).
About the article:
Derat synthesizes practical lessons from recent OTA innovations, emphasizing range design tradeoffs, metrica-driven distance reduction, and the need for improved uncertainty models when testing complex antenna systems. He frames a pragmatic roadmap that includes standardization priorities, automation of measurement workflows, and clearer guidance for production vs. research testbeds.