Title :
Antenna and propagation impairments of a UWB localization system integrated into an aircraft cabin
Author :
Manteuffel, Dirk ; Ould, Taleb ; Kempka, Thorsten
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Christian - Albrechts - Univ. of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Abstract :
In this paper we discuss some antenna and propagation aspects involved with the development of a localization system based on Ultra WideBand (UWB) technology intended for the integration into an aircraft cabin. The reference station consists of a pair of UWB monopoles that are integrated into the ceiling of the cabin. The integration is realized in a way to generate a directive down-tilted antenna pattern in order to illuminate the aisle of the cabin. The UWB radio channel of the cabin is characterized using a commercial ray tracing software. The influence of the antennas and the channel on the received pulse shape at the reference station launched by a mobile transmitter in the aisle of the cabin is investigated.
Keywords :
aircraft antennas; aircraft communication; ultra wideband communication; UWB localization system; aircraft cabin; down-tilted antenna pattern; mobile transmitter; radio channel; ray tracing software; ultra wideband technology; Aircraft; Antennas; Atmospheric modeling; Computational modeling; Receivers; Solid modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2010 Loughborough
Conference_Location :
Loughborough
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7304-5
DOI :
10.1109/LAPC.2010.5666904
