• DocumentCode
    938888
  • Title

    Uplink and Downlink Coverage Improvements of 802.11g Signals Using a Distributed Antenna Network

  • Author

    Crisp, Michael J. ; Li, Sheng ; Watts, Andy ; Penty, Richard V. ; White, Ian H.

  • Author_Institution
    Cambridge Univ., Cambridge
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    3388
  • Lastpage
    3395
  • Abstract
    A distributed antenna network (DAN) is demonstrated to improve the coverage of in-building wireless services. A doubling in the number of locations with a high throughput is achieved. A detailed analysis of the performance improvement of a three-antenna DAN over a single-antenna system shows that 10-dB more power would be required from the single antenna to achieve a comparable performance. The effect of the additional delay spread generated by the DAN is also discussed, and the conditions under which it does not degrade performance are investigated.
  • Keywords
    antennas; radio-over-fibre; wireless LAN; 802.11g signal; delay; distributed antenna network; downlink coverage; in-building wireless service; radio over fibre; single-antenna system; three-antenna DAN; uplink coverage; wireless communication; Distributed antenna system (DAS); radio over fiber (RoF); wireless communications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.2007.906819
  • Filename
    4357925