Title :
Measurement and characterization of a forested channel with SIMO system
Author :
Meng, Yu Song ; Lee, Yee Hui ; Ng, Boon Chong ; Ong, Jin Teong
Author_Institution :
Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
This paper presents the measurement and characterization of a tropical forested channel with SIMO system in Singapore. Complex channel impulse response measurements were taken at 240MHz while keeping both the transmit antenna and the receive antennas static. The measured power delay profiles indicate significant multipath components besides the dominant propagating wave. Studies of the spatial correlation coefficients of the multiple receive antennas show that the antenna coupling effect can cause a reduction in the signal correlation. The lateral wave in the forested propagation produces a "keyhole" effect on the interested channel.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; multipath channels; receiving antennas; transient response; transmitting antennas; SIMO system; dominant propagating wave; impulse response; multipath component; multiple receive antenna; power delay; signal correlation; spatial correlation coefficient; transmit antenna; tropical forested channel characterization; tropical forested channel measurement; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Binary phase shift keying; Diffraction; Electric variables measurement; Electromagnetic wave absorption; MIMO; Receiving antennas; Scattering; Transmitting antennas; SIMO; VHF propagation; forest; keyhole channel;
Conference_Titel :
Information, Communications & Signal Processing, 2007 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0982-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0983-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICICS.2007.4449715
