A sensitive ultra wideband propagation measurement system

Author

Nashashibi, A. ; Behdad, N. ; Sarabandi, K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

759

Abstract

A new VNA based frequency domain propagation measurement technique was presented. This high sensitivity system measures the frequency response of the channel over a wide frequency band or a number of discrete frequency sub-bands, and over large distances in a very short time and produces the data that can be analyzed to obtain the attenuation, frequency de-correlation and other statistical properties of the communication channel.

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; frequency response; microwave propagation; microwave reflectometry; network analysers; communication channel characterization; frequency response; microwave measurement instrument; sensitive measurement system; stepped frequency technique; synchronous transmitter-receiver pair; ultrawideband propagation measurement system; vector network analyzers; Bandwidth; Communication channels; Dynamic range; Frequency measurement; Frequency synchronization; Microwave devices; Microwave measurements; Phase measurement; Transmitters; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE

Conference_Location

Columbus, OH, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7846-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2003.1220384

Filename

1220384