Characterisation of the directional wideband radio channel in urban and suburban areas

Author

Pettersen, Magne ; Lehne, Per Hjalmar ; Noll, Josef ; Rostbakken, O. ; Antonsen, Egil ; Eckhoff, Ragnar

Author_Institution

Telenor R&D, Kjeller, Norway

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1454

Abstract

Directional wideband channel measurements in urban and suburban areas have been performed using a channel sounder and an eight element linear array. A statistical analysis of the results has been performed. It was shown that in urban area a base station antenna at lamppost level lead to more severe azimuth spread (AS) than a base station at rooftop level. Using a phased array smart antenna reduced the azimuth spread by more than 70% in both urban and suburban areas. The smart antenna reduced the delay spread (DS) by 45% in suburban area, but only by 10% in urban area. The correlation between AS and DS was low in most of the measurement routes

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; antenna phased arrays; array signal processing; cellular radio; correlation methods; delays; direction-of-arrival estimation; linear antenna arrays; multipath channels; statistical analysis; 2.1 GHz; 50 MHz; DoA; UHF; azimuth spread reduction; base station antenna; cellular networks; channel sounder; correlation; delay spread reduction; dipole antenna; directional wideband channel measurements; directional wideband radio channel; directions of arrival; eight element linear array; lamppost level; measurement routes; multipath components; phased array smart antenna; relative delays; rooftop level; statistical analysis; suburban areas; urban areas; Antenna measurements; Area measurement; Azimuth; Base stations; Linear antenna arrays; Performance evaluation; Phased arrays; Statistical analysis; Urban areas; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999. VTC 1999 - Fall. IEEE VTS 50th

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5435-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.1999.801503

Filename

801503