Title :
BER Measurement on a Handset Adaptive Antenna Array in a Rayleigh-Fading Channel by a Variable-XPR Spatial Fading Emulator
Author :
Yamamoto, Atsushi ; Sakata, Tsutomu ; Iwai, Hiroshi ; Ogawa, Koichi ; Takada, Jun-ichi ; Sakaguchi, Kei ; Araki, Kiyomichi
Author_Institution :
Network Dev. Center, Matsushita Electr. Ind. Co. Ltd., Osaka
Abstract :
This paper presents an empirical study of the bit-error-rate (BER) performance of a handset adaptive antenna array in a Rayleigh-fading channel with a cross-polarized signal generated using a variable cross-polarization power ratio (XPR) spatial fading emulator. We have investigated the BER characteristics of a handset adaptive antenna consisting of a 1/4-wavelength monopole antenna and a planar inversed-F antenna (PIFA) as a function of XPR. It can be concluded that the measured average BER of an adaptive antenna array with both theta and phi components has an excellent BER performance in a multipath propagation environment with a cross-polarized component
Keywords :
Rayleigh channels; adaptive antenna arrays; electromagnetic wave polarisation; error statistics; mobile antennas; mobile handsets; monopole antenna arrays; planar inverted-F antennas; radiowave propagation; 1/4-wavelength monopole antenna; BER measurement; Rayleigh-fading channel; bit-error-rate performance; cross-polarized signal; handset adaptive antenna array; multipath propagation environment; phi component; planar inversed-F antenna; theta component; variable cross-polarization power ratio; variable-XPR spatial fading emulator; Adaptive arrays; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Bit error rate; Fading; Power generation; Rayleigh channels; Signal generators; Telephone sets;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1711654
