Clusterization of the propagation channel in urban macrocells at 2 GHz

Author

Conrat, Jean-Marc ; Pajusco, Patrice

Author_Institution

France Telecom R&D, Belfort

fYear

2005

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

42

Abstract

A directional wideband measurement campaign has been performed in urban macrocells at 2 GHz using a channel sounder and a 8-sensor linear antenna array at the base station. Directions of arrival at the base station were estimated by beamforming using the antenna array. Directions of arrival at the mobile were estimated by beamforming using parts of the measurement route. Azimuth-delay power profiles at the base station and mobile are given to show the clustered structure of the propagation channel in urban macrocells environments. This paper also presents a fast and simple method to extract clusters from a large amount of data

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; cellular radio; direction-of-arrival estimation; linear antenna arrays; microwave propagation; radio access networks; 2 GHz; beamforming; channel sounder; clustered structure; directional wideband measurement; linear antenna array; propagation channel; urban macrocells; Acoustic propagation; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Array signal processing; Base stations; Broadband antennas; Direction of arrival estimation; Directive antennas; Linear antenna arrays; Macrocell networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Technology, 2005. The European Conference on

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-1-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECWT.2005.1617649

Filename

1617649