Radio propagation in stairwell: Measurement and simulation results

Author

Lim, Soo Yong ; Yun, Zhengqing ; Baker, James M. ; Celik, Nuri ; Youn, Hyoung-sun ; Iskander, Magdy F.

Author_Institution

Hawaii Center for Adv. Commun., Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

1-5 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Propagation characteristics in a stairwell are investigated through simulation and experimental measurements. Field measurement has been carried out at 2.4 GHz on every step of the stairwell up to second and half of the 3^rd floor. In our measurements, the transmitter was placed outside the building. These results are then used for comparison with simulation results that take into consideration four different types of rays, namely the direct rays, reflected rays, transmitted rays, and hybrid rays. There is a good agreement between the measurement and the simulation results.

Keywords

radiowave propagation; ray tracing; transmitters; direct rays; field measurement; frequency 2.4 GHz; hybrid rays; radio propagation; ray tracing; reflected rays; transmitted rays; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Buildings; Electromagnetic scattering; Floors; Periodic structures; Radio propagation; Ray tracing; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Charleston, SC

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3647-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2009.5172260

Filename

5172260