Comparison of mean effective gains of different DCS 1800 handset antennas in urban and suburban environments

Author

Kovács, István Z. ; Eggers, Patrick C F ; Olesen, Kim

Author_Institution

Center for PersonKommunkation, Aalborg Univ., Denmark

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

18-21 May 1998

Firstpage

1974

Abstract

This paper addresses DCS 1800 handset performances in the cellular coverage in suburban and urban environments. Three different handset antenna types are tested: 3/8λ whip, helical (helix) and a patch antenna. The investigations are conducted in terms of handset antenna mean effective gain (MEG) parameter relative to a reference antenna disclosing the effects of the environment, of the proximity of a simulated human head and of the actual handset antenna orientation

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; cellular radio; digital radio; dipole antennas; helical antennas; microstrip antennas; mobile antennas; telephone sets; 1739 MHz; 1800 MHz; 3/8λ whip antenna; 44 MHz; DCS 1800 handset antennas; cellular radio coverage; dipole antenna; handset antenna orientation; helical antenna; mean effective gain; patch antenna; simulated human head proximity; suburban environment; urban environment; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Distributed control; Helical antennas; Mobile antennas; Performance evaluation; Power measurement; Receiving antennas; Telephone sets; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1998. VTC 98. 48th IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4320-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1998.686101

Filename

686101