Small-scale fading and delay in conference room with 802.11 coverage problems

Author

Heereman, F. ; Joseph, W. ; Tanghe, E. ; Plets, D. ; Martens, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium

fYear

2012

fDate

26-30 March 2012

Firstpage

2021

Lastpage

2024

Abstract

Small-scale fading and propagation delay have been characterized for the 2.4 GHz band in a specific conference room with 802.11 coverage problems and a more typical conference room for comparison. The measurements were executed with a virtual SIMO (Single-Input Multiple-Output) system. The implications on the 802.11 performance have been investigated in terms of received signal strength and intersymbol interference. A higher reverberation time was found in the room with coverage problems, which causes a higher chance of intersymbol interference.

Keywords

MIMO communication; intersymbol interference; radiowave propagation; wireless LAN; 802.11 coverage problems; SIMO; conference room; coverage problems; frequency 2.4 GHz; intersymbol interference; propagation delay; received signal strength; reverberation time; small-scale fading; virtual SIMO system; virtual single-input multiple-output system; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Delay; Fading; Frequency measurement; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Intersymbol interference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0918-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0919-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6205919

Filename

6205919