Wireless propagation measurements in indoor multipath environments at 1.7 GHz and 60 GHz for small cell systems

Author

Davies, R. ; Bensebti, M. ; Beach, M.A. ; McGeehan, J.P.

Author_Institution

Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ., UK

fYear

1991

fDate

19-22 May 1991

Firstpage

589

Lastpage

593

Abstract

Given the current interest being shown in the utilization of the frequency band around 1.7/1.8 GHz and 60 GHz, work has been undertaken to determine channel characteristics in these two ranges. The authors describe wideband measurements which have been conducted in a variety of indoor locations. RMS (root mean square) delay spreads were calculated and used to compare levels of multipath activity at the two frequencies. The levels of multipath measured at the two frequencies can be related to the size of the rooms involved and the measurement techniques. Any differences due to atmospheric absorption at 60 GHz were found to be negligible

Keywords

cellular radio; field strength measurement; radiowave propagation; telecommunication channels; 1.8 GHz; 1.9 GHz; 60 GHz; EHF; RMS delay spreads; UHF; atmospheric absorption; cellular radio; channel characteristics; indoor multipath environments; radiowave propagation measurements; room size; small cell systems; wideband measurements; Acoustic propagation; Atmospheric measurements; Delay; Dipole antennas; Frequency measurement; Pulse measurements; Size measurement; Space vector pulse width modulation; Transmitters; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1991. Gateway to the Future Technology in Motion., 41st IEEE

Conference_Location

St. Louis, MO

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-87942-582-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1991.140560

Filename

140560