Title :
The impact of angle of arrival distribution on the performance analysis of different antenna array architectures
Author :
Yong, S.K. ; Thompson, J.S.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Digital Commun., Edinburgh Univ., UK
fDate :
31 March-3 April 2003
Abstract :
The effects of both azimuth-of-arrival (AOA) and elevation-of-arrival (EOA) on the system performance using different type of antenna array (AA) architectures are investigated. This includes uniform linear array (ULA), uniform circular array (UCA) and uniform rectangular array (URA) configurations. The spatial correlation (SC) of the AA under study for different statistical probability density functions (PDFs) for the azimuth and elevation angles are examined and analysed. The results show that the impact of using different AOA and EOA PDFs on SC is insignificant. The key parameter for system performance is the standard deviation of the underlying PDFs.
Keywords :
Rayleigh channels; antenna arrays; linear antenna arrays; mobile antennas; mobile radio; multipath channels; statistical analysis; Rayleigh fading channel; angle of arrival distribution; antenna array architectures; azimuth-of-arrival; elevation-of-arrival; mobile station; multipath components; spatial correlation; standard deviation; statistical probability density functions; uniform circular array; uniform linear array; uniform rectangular array;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2003. (ICAP 2003). Twelfth International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 491)
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-752-7
DOI :
10.1049/cp:20030207
