Antenna diversity in UWB indoor channel

Author

D´Errico, R. ; Sibille, Alain ; Giorgetti, A. ; Chiani, Marco

Author_Institution

Ecole Nat. Super. de Tech. Av. (ENSTA), Paris

Volume

2

fYear

2008

fDate

10-12 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

13

Lastpage

16

Abstract

In this paper we present a UWB channel measurement campaign in the 2 - 10 GHz band to assess if significant improvements can be obtained by the adoption of multiple antennas in UWB systems. To this aim, an analysis of spatial diversity with arrays of a variety of representative UWB antennas is presented with emphasis on the differences between virtual and real compact arrays, including mutual coupling effects. The impact of interelement spacing and signal bandwidth on spatial diversity is also discussed.

Keywords

UHF antennas; diversity reception; microwave antenna arrays; multifrequency antennas; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; UWB antenna arrays; UWB indoor channel measurement campaign; antenna diversity; multiple antennas; spatial diversity; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Bandwidth; Linear antenna arrays; MIMO; Mutual coupling; System performance; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultra-Wideband, 2008. ICUWB 2008. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hannover

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2216-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1827-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUWB.2008.4653340

Filename

4653340