We have collected one of the first sub-6 GHz outdoor datasets using a wireless network to jointly capture communication and imaging information. It can be used to analyze the trade-off between communication and imaging performances in realistic wireless networks. We have also collected a comprehensive dataset of channel trace measurements in both outdoor and indoor environments with three different lens array configurations applied to our sub-6 GHz massive MIMO base station. This dataset is the first-of-kind to combine dielectric lenses with sub-6 GHz antennas. The primary application of this dataset is to investigate the potential gain of using lenses in massive MIMO full-duplex operations.

In both datasets the measurements were acquired using Rice’s unique Reconfigurable Ecosystem for Next-generation End-to-end Wireless (RENEW) massive MIMO base station. The base station consists of 80 antennas with dual polarization connected to 40 software-defined radios (SDRs) designed by Skylark Wireless operating in the CBRS band.