Experimental investigation of 60 GHz transmission characteristics between computers on a conference table for WPAN applications

Author

Ponchak, George E. ; Amadjikpè, Arnaud L. ; Choudhury, Debabani ; Papapolymerou, John

Author_Institution

Glenn Res. Center, NASA, Cleveland, OH, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

16-19 Jan. 2011

Firstpage

327

Lastpage

330

Abstract

In this paper, the first measurements of the received radiated power between antennas located on a conference table to simulate the environment of antennas embedded in laptop computers for 60 GHz WPAN applications is presented. A high gain horn antenna and a medium gain microstrip patch antenna for two linear polarizations are compared. It is shown that for a typical conference table arrangement with five computers, books, pens, and coffee cups, the antennas should be placed a minimum of 5 cm above the table, but that a height of greater than 20 cm may be required to maximize the received power in all cases.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; horn antennas; laptop computers; microstrip antennas; personal area networks; WPAN applications; antennas; frequency 60 GHz; high gain horn antenna; laptop computers; linear polarizations; medium gain microstrip patch antenna; received radiated power; transmission characteristics; typical conference table arrangement; Antenna measurements; Attenuation; Horn antennas; Portable computers; Receiving antennas; WPAN; antennas; embedded antennas in laptop computers; indoor radio communications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7687-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RWS.2011.5725434

Filename

5725434