Indoor and outdoor measurements of space, polarization, and angle diversity for cellular base stations in urban environments

Author

Kim, Byung-Ki ; Stutzman, Warren L. ; Sweeney, Dennis G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

22

Abstract

This paper presents results and performance comparisons from indoor and outdoor measurements of space, polarization, and angle diversity for a cellular base station operating in urban environments. The relative performances of the three diversity schemes under identical conditions are determined by diversity gain, polarization mismatch, and higher antenna gain for angle diversity in multipath environments. Details of measurement procedures, data reductions, and measured results of the diversities at various locations are presented and analyzed. This research will be valuable in determining what kind of smart antenna system should be deployed for the given environment

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; cellular radio; data reduction; diversity reception; electromagnetic wave polarisation; indoor radio; mobile antennas; multipath channels; radiowave propagation; angle diversity; antenna gain; cellular base stations; data reduction; diversity gain; indoor measurement; measurement procedures; mobile unit antenna; multipath environments; outdoor measurement; performance comparisons; polarization diversity; polarization mismatch; smart antenna system; space diversity; urban environments; Antenna measurements; Base stations; Diversity methods; Extraterrestrial measurements; Mobile antennas; Polarization; Receiving antennas; Space stations; Telecommunication traffic; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2000. IEEE-VTS Fall VTC 2000. 52nd

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6507-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2000.886626

Filename

886626