Cellular and PCS propagation measurements and statistical models for urban multipath on an antenna array

Author

Keller, Catherine M. ; Bliss, Daniel W.

Author_Institution

Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

36

Abstract

Multipath propagation has a significant impact on the performance of cellular and personal communication services (PCS) systems in urban environments. This paper contains analyses to better understand urban multipath and examines the use of base-station antenna arrays to obtain spatial diversity. The results are based on data collected on large sparse aperture arrays and finely sampled arrays at a location below surrounding roof top heights for both PCS and cellular frequencies. A statistical model is formulated to explain the relationship between multipath scatterers and signal cross-correlations as a function of antenna spacing

Keywords

antenna arrays; array signal processing; cellular radio; diversity reception; multipath channels; personal communication networks; radiowave propagation; statistical analysis; PCS; PCS propagation measurements; antenna array; antenna spacing; base-station antenna arrays; cellular propagation measurements; finely sampled arrays; large sparse aperture arrays; multipath scatterers; performance; signal cross-correlations; spatial diversity; statistical models; urban multipath; Adaptive arrays; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Aperture antennas; Broadband antennas; Decorrelation; Personal communication networks; Receiving antennas; Scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop. 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6339-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SAM.2000.877962

Filename

877962