Biconical horn antennas for near uniform coverage in indoor areas at mm-wave frequencies

Author

Smulders, Peter F M ; Wagemans, Anthony G.

Author_Institution

Div. of Telecommun., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

43

Issue

4

fYear

1994

fDate

11/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

897

Lastpage

901

Abstract

A method is presented for designing and dimensioning biconical horn antennas in such way that the level of received power does not depend strongly on the separation distance between a centralized base station and a remote radio terminal within an indoor pico-cell. Results of cell-coverage measurements at 58 GHz are presented using these antennas within eight different indoor environments. The measurement results show that, using biconical horn antennas, an overall uniform coverage can be achieved for both line-of-sight and obstructed line-of-sight topologies

Keywords

cellular radio; horn antennas; microwave antennas; network topology; radiowave propagation; 58 GHz; EHF; biconical horn antennas; cell-coverage measurements; centralized base station; design; dimensioning; indoor areas; indoor picocell; line-of-sight topologies; mm-wave frequencies; near uniform coverage; obstructed line-of-sight topologies; received power; remote radio terminal; separation distance; Antenna accessories; Antenna measurements; Base stations; Cable TV; Floors; Frequency; Horn antennas; Indoor radio communication; Receiving antennas; Sheet materials;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/25.330152

Filename

330152