Comparison of measured and predicted time dispersion and direction of arrival for multipath in a small cell environment

Author

Kloch, Christian ; Liang, George ; Andersen, JØrgen Bach ; Pedersen, Gert FrØlund ; Bertoni, Henry L.

Author_Institution

Aalborg Univ., Denmark

Volume

49

Issue

9

fYear

2001

fDate

9/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1254

Lastpage

1263

Abstract

A number of three-dimensional (3-D) direction-of-arrival measurements in a small campus environment at 1845 MHz are described. The impulse responses and the power have been measured using an 80-MHz wide-band receiver applying correlation techniques. These measurements are compared with theoretical predictions made with a site-specific ray-based propagation predictor tool to determine the coherently reflected part of the signal. Furthermore, radiosity is applied as a model to determine the power scattered by the surfaces

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; cellular radio; correlation methods; direction-of-arrival estimation; dispersive channels; electromagnetic wave diffraction; electromagnetic wave reflection; electromagnetic wave scattering; multipath channels; radio receivers; transient response; 1845 MHz; 3D DOA measurements; 80 MHz; UHF; coherently reflected signal; composite propagation model; correlation techniques; direction of arrival; dispersive channels; impulse responses; measured time dispersion; multipath; power measurement; predicted time dispersion; radiosity; ray-based propagation predictor tool; scattered power; small campus environment; small cell environment; wide-band receiver; Antennas and propagation; Buildings; Diffraction; Dispersion; Macrocell networks; Radio transmitters; Rayleigh scattering; Reflection; Time measurement; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.947016

Filename

947016