Angular spread of the radio wave propagation in foliage environment

Author

Le, Hung Vu ; Takada, Jun-ichi ; Ghoraishi, Mir ; Phakasoum, Chaymaly ; Kitao, Koshiro ; Imai, Tetsuro

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2012

fDate

26-30 March 2012

Firstpage

3356

Lastpage

3360

Abstract

In this paper, we have analyzed the effect of the foliage on the radio wave propagation using the space-alternating generalized expectation-maximization (SAGE) algorithm. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the directional characteristics of dispersion caused by trees in the radio channel. A wideband channel sounder was employed to perform measurements of polarimetric signals through dense foliage in the rural areas in Kanagawa. The analysis results show that the azimuth direction spread for horizontal (H) polarization is always more than that of vertical (V) polarization, and the opposite is true in the case of the co-elevation direction spread. The mean azimuth direction spread was found to be about 25° and the mean co-elevation direction spread was about 6°.

Keywords

expectation-maximisation algorithm; polarisation; radiowave propagation; vegetation; Kanagawa; SAGE algorithm; angular spread; azimuth direction spread; co-elevation direction spread; foliage environment; horizontal polarization; polarimetric signals; radio channel; radio wave propagation; rural areas; space-alternating generalized expectation-maximization; wideband channel sounder; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Azimuth; Frequency measurement; Propagation; Sea measurements; Vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206614

Filename

6206614