Title :
Effect of the mobile terminal antenna efficiency on the cellular network issues
Author :
Berg, M. ; Sonkki, M. ; Myllymäki, S. ; Tuovinen, T. ; Salonen, E.
Author_Institution :
CWC, Univ. of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Abstract :
In this paper, the effect of the mobile terminal antenna efficiency on the RF power consumption and the link distance, that is cell radius, is discussed. An equation connecting the link distance, antenna efficiency, and path loss exponent is derived. Link distance is calculated with the different antenna efficiency values and with different cell scenarios based on 3GPP and ITU-A channel models. It is demonstrated that the compensation for the user effect has a positive impact both on the RF power consumption and on the theoretical link distance.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; cellular radio; mobile antennas; wireless channels; 3GPP channel models; ITU-A channel models; RF power consumption; antenna efficiency; cell radius; cellular network issues; link distance; mobile terminal antenna efficiency; path loss exponent; Channel models; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Power demand; Radio frequency; efficiency; link distance; mobile terminal antenna; power consumption;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206179
