Title :
Characteristics of impulsive noise in the 450-MHz band in hospitals and clinics
Author :
Blankenship, T. Keith ; Rappaport, Theodore S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
fDate :
2/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents an experimental study of impulsive noise in urban hospitals and clinics. A receiver was designed to resolve impulsive noise bursts as short as 2 μs in duration in the 450-MHz band. Extensive measurements were taken at three hospitals and three clinics in three major urban areas across the United States and empirical models are provided for the amplitude, interarrival time, and duration distributions of observed impulsive noise events. This work may be used in modeling the noise found in indoor wireless communication channels
Keywords :
UHF measurement; biomedical engineering; electric noise measurement; indoor radio; radiofrequency interference; 2 mus; 450 MHz; EM radiated fields; RFI; UHF; United States; amplitude; duration distribution; empirical models; experimental study; impulsive noise characteristics; indoor wireless communication channels; interarrival time; noise measurements; urban areas; urban clinics; urban hospitals; Band pass filters; Electromagnetic compatibility and interference; Electromagnetic interference; Gaussian noise; Hospitals; Noise figure; Noise level; Noise measurement; Radio frequency; Urban areas;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
