Antenna Diversity for Improving the BER in Mobile Digital Radio Reception Especially in Areas with Dense Foliage

Author

Lindenmeier, Stefan M. ; Reiter, L.M. ; Barié, D.E. ; Hopf, J.F.

Author_Institution

Univ. of the Bundeswehr Munich, Neubiberg

fYear

2007

fDate

28-30 March 2007

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

48

Abstract

An antenna diversity for satellite digital audio radio systems (SDARS) was implemented as a first hardware demonstrator and tested. Proof is shown that for critical reception scenarios for example underneath dense foliage or in multipath situations between high buildings the antenna diversity yields a significant reduction of the bit error rate (BER). Full diversity function is achieved with no additional effort in mounting and required space for the antennas. Only one antenna line is used and one tuner as in conventional single arm receiving systems is employed.

Keywords

antennas; diversity reception; error statistics; mobile satellite communication; BER improvement; antenna diversity; bit error rate; dense foliage; mobile digital radio reception; satellite digital audio radio systems; Bit error rate; Digital communication; Frequency diversity; Hardware; Mobile antennas; Receiving antennas; Repeaters; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; System testing; Antenna Diversity; Bit Error Rate; Mobile Reception in Dense Foliage; Multipath; SDARS;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas, 2007. INICA '07. 2nd International ITG Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-3-00-021643-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-00-021643-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INICA.2007.4353929

Filename

4353929