Propagation characteristics of UWB radio in a high-rise apartment

Author

Wong, Simon S M ; Lau, Francis C M ; Tse, Chi K.

Author_Institution

Div. of Tech. Services, Hong Kong SAR Gov.

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

20-22 Feb. 2006

Lastpage

918

Abstract

Among many other applications, ultra wideband (UWB) is considered a promising technology to be deployed for the future wireless personal area networks (WPAN) . The objective of our work is to investigate the indoor propagation characteristics of a UWB signal of which its equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) is limited by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the U.S.. A 90 m² residential flat in a high-rise building of Hong Kong is a typical example to exhibit the scenarios for a WPAN application. This paper presents the empirical results from various aspects of the propagation characteristics by employing a pair of FCC-compliant UWB transceivers

Keywords

indoor radio; personal area networks; radiowave propagation; ultra wideband communication; Federal Communications Commission; Hong Kong; UWB radio; WPAN; high-rise apartment; indoor propagation characteristics; isotropically radiated power; propagation characteristics; residential flat; transceivers; ultra wideband; wireless personal area networks; Buildings; FCC; Frequency; Government; Humans; Indoor environments; Loss measurement; Signal analysis; Transceivers; Ultra wideband technology; Ultra wideband; channel characterization; indoor propagation; path loss model;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Communication Technology, 2006. ICACT 2006. The 8th International Conference

Conference_Location

Phoenix Park

Print_ISBN

89-5519-129-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICACT.2006.206121

Filename

1625726