Customer premise antenna design for LMDS applications

Author

Erwin, J.B. ; McCoy, M.

Author_Institution

Antenna/Nonmetallics Technol. Center, Raytheon Co., McKinney, TX, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

10-11 April 2000

Abstract

This paper focuses on the design of customer premise equipment (CPE) antennas for Local Multipoint Distribution Services (LMDS). An overview of LMDS systems and applications is presented as an introduction followed by specific requirements of a CPE antenna. These requirements include electrical performance issues, such as FCC and ETSI regulations, aesthetic values of the antenna, as well as mechanical and environmental considerations. Potential solutions are given, with specifics including cost issues, performance limitations, and high volume production issues. Specific design considerations are presented for a slotted array, single reflector, and dual reflector antennas.

Keywords

radio access networks; reflector antennas; slot antenna arrays; CPE antenna; ETSI regulations; FCC regulations; LMDS applications; LMDS systems; Local Multipoint Distribution Services; cost issues; customer premise antenna design; dual reflector antenna; electrical performance; environmental considerations; high volume production; mechanical considerations; performance limitations; single reflector antenna; slotted waveguide array; Antenna arrays; Costs; FCC; Interference; Polarization; Production; Rain fading; Reflector antennas; Slot antennas; Telecommunication standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technologies Symposium: Broadband, Wireless Internet Access, 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Richardson, TX, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6364-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETS.2000.916524

Filename

916524