A Novel Method for Estimating the Power Azimuth Spectrum of the Wireless Channel

Author

Li, Ji ; Li, Xiao-Zhou ; Zhou, Dong-Ming ; Zhang, Er-Yang

Volume

5

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

14

Abstract

A simple and novel method for estimating the power azimuth spectrum (PAS) is presented in this letter. Analysis shows that the expected power received by the directional antenna can be expressed as the integral of the PAS multiplied by the antenna pattern. Therefore, the PAS can be estimated by conducting azimuth-scanning power measurements with directional antenna and solving the integral equation. The influence of the antenna directivity on estimation is also analyzed.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; directive antennas; integral equations; wireless channels; antenna pattern; azimuth-scanning power measurements; directional antenna; integral equations; power azimuth spectrum estimation; wireless channel; Antenna measurements; Azimuth; Biomedical measurements; Directional antennas; Directive antennas; Frequency; Integral equations; Power measurement; Power system modeling; Signal processing; Deconvolution; Fredholm integral equations of the first kind; directional antenna; power azimuth spectrum (PAS);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2005.863614

Filename

1593611