Analysis of GPS antenna performance in a multipath environment

Author

Rehman, Masood Ur ; Gao, Yue ; Chen, Xiaodong ; Parini, Clive G. ; Ying, Zhinong

Author_Institution

Univ. of London, London

fYear

2008

fDate

5-11 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, a technique to evaluate the statistical distribution of incident waves on a GPS antenna is proposed. The proposed model makes use of the well developed parameters of MEG and AoA along with the new parameter of the coverage efficiency. The proposed technique employs a uniform distribution of the incident waves both in azimuth and in elevation in a semi-spherical environment, taking into account the ground reflections and RHCP effect by modifying the XPR. The model is first of its kind to analyze the performance of a GPS antenna working in a multipath environment.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; broadband antennas; random processes; statistical distributions; GPS antenna; incident waves; multipath environment; random field measurement; semispherical environment; statistical distribution; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Directive antennas; Environmental factors; Global Positioning System; Mobile antennas; Performance analysis; Performance gain; Polarization; Receiving antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2041-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2042-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2008.4619970

Filename

4619970