Multiband antennas for an emergency rescue system based on cellular phones localisation

Author

Villemaud, G. ; Dall´omo, C. ; Monediere, T. ; Jecko, B.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Recherche en Commun. Opt. et Microondes, Limoges, France

fYear

2003

fDate

1-3 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

320

Lastpage

323

Abstract

This paper describes our contribution in the RNRT project called LUTECE, dedicated to the emergency localisation of cellular phones. This contribution takes place in the field of antennas, with the development of two biband systems: a directive array for the emission part, and a circular array of five elements with separated outputs for the receiving part. Different evolutions of these antennas are presented starting from the same basic element, finally optimised on a dielectric substrate to offer good mechanical characteristics. All antennas are studied using our FDTD code.

Keywords

aircraft antennas; cellular radio; dielectric bodies; dipole antenna arrays; direction-of-arrival estimation; directive antennas; electromagnetic coupling; finite difference time-domain analysis; multifrequency antennas; receiving antennas; FDTD code; LUTECE RNRT project; cellular phones; circular array; dielectric substrate; directive array; emergency rescue system; finite difference time-domain analysis; multiband antennas; two biband systems; Antenna arrays; Base stations; Cellular phones; Directive antennas; Distributed control; Finite difference methods; GSM; Helicopters; Receiving antennas; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Electromagnetics and Communications, 2003. ICECom 2003. 17th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

953-6037-39-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECOM.2003.1291018

Filename

1291018