Title :
Short-range near-floor RF propagation experiments in indoor corridors for Wireless Sensor Communications
Author :
Rama Rao, T. ; Balachander, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Telecommun. Eng., SRM Univ., Chennai, India
Abstract :
Short-range, near-floor Radio Frequency (RF) propagation path loss (PL) measurements at antenna height of 2 cm and 50 cm from the floor were made on Porcelain, Green granite and Plywood covered floors of typical narrow and wide straight indoor corridors at 915/2400 MHz in a modern multi-storied building utilizing RF equipment. Comparisons between measured and simulated PL values were deduced utilizing Matlab simulations of Ray-tracing technique, free space and ITU-R models. Mean path loss exponent (PLE) values were deduced from the measured data. The research work made in this paper is predominately targets characterizing radio link for Wireless Sensor Communications/Networks in typical indoor corridor environments.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; indoor communication; radio links; radiowave propagation; ray tracing; short-range order; wireless sensor networks; ITU-R models; Matlab simulations; PLE values; RF equipment; antenna height; free space; frequency 2400 MHz; frequency 915 MHz; green granite; indoor corridor environments; indoor corridors; mean path loss exponent; modern multistoried building; path loss measurements; plywood covered floors; porcelain; radio link; ray tracing; short-range near-floor RF propagation; wireless sensor communications-networks; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Floors; Loss measurement; Ray tracing; Wireless sensor networks; Indoor Corridors; Near-floor; Path loss; Path loss exponent; Short-range; Wireless sensor communications;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gothenburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2187-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-88-907018-1-8
