Antenna diversity evaluation for mobile terminals

Author

Plicanic, Vanja ; Ying, Zhinong ; Bolin, Thomas ; Kristensson, Gerhard ; Derneryd, Anders

Author_Institution

Sony Ericsson Mobile Commun. AB, Lund

fYear

2006

fDate

6-10 Nov. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

In this paper we are focusing on the practical, engineering way of evaluating and characterizing the multi-channel antenna solutions on the mobile terminal. Two methods of calculating the parameters, describing the diversity performance, are described and the practical use of the methods in simulations and measurements are presented and evaluated. The time saving aspect of using the scattering parameters is lifted forward but also its limitations. For comparison, a statistical method for calculating diversity gain is also presented. This evaluation is performed for two multi-channel antenna solutions with different characteristics for the purpose of characterizing different diversity performances.

Keywords

diversity reception; mobile antennas; mobile communication; diversity gain; mobile terminal; multichannel antenna; scattering parameters; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Diversity methods; Diversity reception; Mobile antennas; Performance evaluation; Performance gain; Scattering parameters; Slot antennas; Statistical analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2006. EuCAP 2006. First European Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

978-92-9092-937-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUCAP.2006.4584572

Filename

4584572