Experimental results from the UK test-bed on the DCS1800 radio channel

Author

Oatley, N.M.W.

Author_Institution

Orbitel Mobile Commun., Basingstoke

fYear

1991

fDate

9-11 Dec 1991

Firstpage

9

Lastpage

15

Abstract

A collaborative LINK research project has been in progress since early 1990 to develop the DCS1800 test bed and use this equipment to investigate the radio path performance of a GSM-type TDMA system at 1.8 GHz. Prior to this programme, Orbitel possessed a 900 MHz digital cellular radio test-bed to verify the operation of the GSM system to be implemented throughout Europe. This test-bed was upgraded to operate in the 1.8 GHz band by the use of two low noise up/down converter units designed and built at Bradford University to Orbitel´s specification. The authors detail results from initial field trials carried out in areas around Basingstoke and Bradford and compare them to measured results using a fading simulator with the GSM path profiles defined by ETSI

Keywords

cellular radio; fading; microwave links; radiotelephony; radiowave propagation; telecommunication channels; time division multiple access; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 1.8 GHz; Basingstoke; Bradford; DCS1800 radio channel; GSM-type TDMA system; UHF; UK test-bed; experimental results; fading; field trials; low noise up/down converter units; microwave propagation; radio path performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Mobile Radio and Personal Communications, 1991., Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Coventry

Print_ISBN

0-85296-530-3

Type

conf

Filename

140207