Investigation of Wave Propagation Using Smart Antenna for Indoor Wireless Communication

Author

Lu, Junwei ; Sun, Zhaohui

Author_Institution

Griffith Univ., Brisbane

fYear

2007

fDate

9-13 July 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The paper presents the investigation of wave propagation characteristics for indoor wireless communication using smart mobile terminal antenna. The finite element method (FEM) frequency domain based computation model is used to characterize electric field intensity for a typical office environment. The signal to noise ratio and signal strength are measured according to different placements of transmitting antennas including conventional antenna and smart mobile terminal antenna array. To validate the numerical computation result, measurement result using a wireless network card with an on board antenna and signal strength measurement software are employed to replace expensive and heavy apparatus.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave propagation; finite element analysis; frequency-domain analysis; indoor radio; mobile antennas; office environment; transmitting antennas; wireless LAN; FEM frequency domain based computation model; electric field intensity; finite element method; indoor wireless communication; office environment; signal strength; signal to noise ratio; smart mobile terminal antenna; transmitting antennas; wave propagation characteristics; wireless LAN; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Computational modeling; Finite element methods; Frequency domain analysis; Mobile antennas; Signal to noise ratio; Software measurement; Transmitting antennas; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2007. EMC 2007. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1349-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1350-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEMC.2007.225

Filename

4305805