Comparison of base station antenna with 65° and 105° beamwidth

Author

Asrokin, Azhari Bin ; Abas, Anas Bin ; Basri, Rizal Helmy Bin ; Jamlus, Norman Bin

Author_Institution

Access Network Technol., Telekom R&D Sdn Bhd, Cyberjaya, Malaysia

fYear

2010

fDate

12-16 April 2010

Firstpage

843

Lastpage

846

Abstract

This paper present the comparison of base station antenna operating at 900 MHz GSM network with 65° and 105° horizontal beamwidth. The base station antenna has a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) below 1.4, dual polarized, gain of around 16dB. Dipole antenna has been chosen due to its simplicity in antenna design and has been fabricated using brass. The dipole antennas are slanted to either +45° or -45° to increase the base station antenna sensitivity and the user capacity of a base station. The VSWR of the base station antenna was measured by using Agilent 8722ES Network Analyzer and the radiation pattern was done in Anechoic Chamber in Multimedia University, in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

Keywords

anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); antenna radiation patterns; cellular radio; dipole antennas; mobile radio; network analysers; Agilent 8722ES; GSM network; anechoic chamber; base station antenna sensitivity; dipole antenna; frequency 900 MHz; network analyzer; radiation pattern; user capacity; voltage standing wave ratio; Anechoic chambers; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Base stations; Dipole antennas; Frequency; GSM; Impedance; Polarization; GSM 900; VSWR; bases station antenna; dipole antenna; dual polarized;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility (APEMC), 2010 Asia-Pacific Symposium on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5621-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEMC.2010.5475651

Filename

5475651