Indoor wideband radio propagation measurement system at 1.3 GHz and 4.0 GHz

Author

Hawbaker, Dwayne ; Rappaport, Theodore

Author_Institution

Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst., Blacksburg, VA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

6-9 May 1990

Firstpage

626

Lastpage

630

Abstract

The development and operation of a dual-band time-domain radar system used to measure indoor multipath propagation characteristics in several office buildings and factories are described. The system operates at 1.3 GHz and 4.0 GHz and uses 4-ns RMS pulses to provide estimates of indoor radio channel impulse responses. The effects of antenna diversity, frequency scaling, and topography on indoor radio system design are quantified through analyses of measured propagation data. The data are used to develop and refine wideband channel models for multipath propagation in factories and open-plan office buildings and provide insight into the validity of geometric modeling techniques for predicting channel characteristics

Keywords

microwave measurement; mobile radio systems; radar applications; radiowave propagation; 1.3 GHz; 4.0 GHz; RMS pulses; antenna diversity; channel characteristics; dual-band time-domain radar system; factories; frequency scaling; geometric modeling techniques; impulse responses; indoor multipath propagation; indoor radio channel; indoor radio system design; measurement system; mobile radio; office buildings; propagation data; topography; wideband channel models; wideband radio propagation; Antenna measurements; Buildings; Dual band; Indoor radio communication; Predictive models; Production facilities; Radio propagation; Solid modeling; Time domain analysis; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1990 IEEE 40th

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1090-3038

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1990.110395

Filename

110395