FDTD Characterisation of UWB Indoor Radio Channel Including Frequency Dependent Antenna Directivities

Author

Zhao, Yan ; Hao, Yang ; Parini, Clive

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Queen Mary Univ. of London

fYear

2006

fDate

10-12 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

298

Lastpage

301

Abstract

This paper presents a modelling of ultra-wideband (UWB) indoor radio channel using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. By dividing the frequency band (3-11 GHz) into 8 sub-bands, the conventional FDTD method is applied to calculate the channel impulse responses (CIRs) at different sub-bands. At the centre frequency of each sub-band, measured frequency dependent dielectric constant/loss factor of different indoor materials are used and antenna patterns are taken into account by applying the equivalence principle with the total-field/scattered-field approach. Radio channel modelling results shows that the basestation antenna pattern variations at different frequencies can considerably influence the channel behaviour in a UWB indoor environment

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; finite difference time-domain analysis; indoor radio; permittivity; transient response; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; wireless channels; CIR; FDTD; UWB; basestation antenna pattern; channel impulse response; equivalence principle; finite-difference time-domain method; frequency dependent dielectric constant; loss factor; total-field-scattered-field approach; ultra-wideband indoor radio channel; Antenna measurements; Dielectric loss measurement; Dielectric measurements; Finite difference methods; Frequency conversion; Frequency dependence; Indoor radio communication; Time domain analysis; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology; Equivalence principle; finite-difference time-domain (FDTD); radio propagation; ultra-wideband (UWB);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Technology, 2006. The 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-5-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECWT.2006.280496

Filename

4057499