Propagation characteristics above 1 GHz at the side of a building

Author

Kyung-Jae Kim ; Park, Han-Kyu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

14-18 Nov 1994

Firstpage

724

Abstract

This paper shows a technique for analysing radio propagation characteristics at the side of a building. In a microcell or a picocell a base station antenna can be mounted on the wall of a building. A method for predicting the field strength in a particular zone of the cell, such as the side of a building, is presented. This method uses a ray tracing technique with consideration of the vertical and horizontal reflection characteristics. The proposed modeling method is verified by measuring the path loss (at 1.7-1.8 GHz) at close range. This model can be used to decide an efficient coverage area for a microcell or a picocell

Keywords

UHF measurement; UHF radio propagation; building; cellular radio; electromagnetic wave reflection; field strength measurement; loss measurement; ray tracing; 1.7 to 1.8 GHz; UHF; base station antenna; building; coverage area; field strength prediction; horizontal reflection characteristics; microcell; modeling method; path loss measurement; picocell; radio propagation characteristics; ray tracing technique; vertical reflection characteristics; wall; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Communication channels; Dipole antennas; Narrowband; Polarization; Propagation losses; Receiving antennas; Reflection; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Singapore ICCS '94. Conference Proceedings.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2046-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCS.1994.474169

Filename

474169