The fading characteristics of distributed antennas for indoor wireless systems

Author

Cheung, K.W. ; Murch, R.D. ; Ling, C.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Kowloon, Hong Kong

fYear

1995

Firstpage

377

Lastpage

381

Abstract

Distributed antennas have been suggested as a possible method for providing reliable coverage for indoor wireless communications. One aspect of the distributed antenna system however has not been well investigated. This concerns possible interference effects (resulting in fading) between antennas within the distributed antenna. In this paper we analyze and simulate the potential effects of this fading to exactly determine whether it will play a significant role in the coverage provided by distributed antennas. We also compare our simulations to actual measurement results in the mobile telephone bands. Particular design criteria are then suggested

Keywords

antenna arrays; cellular radio; fading; indoor radio; radiofrequency interference; 900 MHz; coverage; design criteria; distributed antennas; fading characteristics; indoor wireless systems; interference effects; mobile telephone bands; Analytical models; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Buildings; Costs; Fading; Interference; Reliability engineering; Telephony; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universal Personal Communications. 1995. Record., 1995 Fourth IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2955-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUPC.1995.496925

Filename

496925