Propagation measurements at 1.76 GHz for Digital European Cordless Telecommunications

Propagation characteristics at 1.76 GHz, which have been determined for a potential prime Digital European Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) telepoint location at Euston Station in London, are presented. The measurement setup was chosen to represent a true DECT telepoint setting with the receiver aerial located to give a line-of-sight path over most of the area. To ensure uniformity of coverage, the area was divided up into 5.5 m×5.5 m squares for each of which an average power delay profile was determined. Each average profile was characterized in terms of path loss and delay spread. It is shown that 47% of the average profiles have associated delay spreads greater than 100 ns, 10% of the profiles have delay spreads greater than 137 ns, and 5% of the profiles have delay spreads in excess of 145 ns