Title :
Shielding effects of reinforced concrete structures to electromagnetic fields due to GSM and UMTS systems
Author :
Antonini, Giulio ; Orlandi, Antonio ; D´elia, Stefano
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of L´´Aquila, Italy
fDate :
5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The evaluation of the shielding effects produced by reinforced concrete walls toward electromagnetic (EM) fields radiated by radio base stations is an important topic due to the widespread diffusion of mobile phones. In this paper, a parametric analysis of the effects of the presence of multiple reinforced concrete walls on the shielding effectiveness is performed. Such analysis is carried out in the frequency domain and provides interesting insights into the EM field attenuation properties of the reinforced concrete structures.
Keywords :
UHF radio propagation; cellular radio; concrete; electromagnetic fields; electromagnetic shielding; frequency-domain analysis; 1865 MHz; 948 MHz; EM field attenuation properties; GSM systems; UMTS systems; concrete structures; frequency domain; mobile communication; mobile phones; parametric analysis; propagation model; radiated EM fields; radio base stations; reinforced concrete walls; shielding effectiveness; shielding effects; 3G mobile communication; Base stations; Concrete; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic radiation; Electromagnetic shielding; Frequency domain analysis; GSM; Mobile handsets; Performance analysis;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2003.810327
