Impact of antenna array geometry on the performance of mobile communication systems

Author

Trindade, António ; Sarmento, Nuno ; Rodrigues, António ; Prasad, Ramjee

Author_Institution

Centre for Wireless Personal Commun., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1880

Abstract

The performance of a uniform linear array (ULA) is evaluated by computer simulations in a multipath fading channel where the power azimuth spread (PAS) is Laplace distributed. An analytical expression for the correlation between elements of the ULA is derived under the fading multipath channel, and Laplace-distributed PAS assumptions. Based on this model, a study of the ULA topology in a sectorised microcell environment is carried out in order to determine an optimal number of elements, distance between elements, and number of sectors in the microcell. An extension to 2D ULA is presented

Keywords

fading channels; linear antenna arrays; microcellular radio; multipath channels; 2D ULA; Laplace-distributed PAS assumptions; ULA topology; antenna array geometry; fading multipath channel; mobile communication systems; multipath fading channel; performance; power azimuth spread; sectorised microcell environment; uniform linear array; Antenna arrays; Azimuth; Computer simulation; Fading; Geometry; Linear antenna arrays; Microcell networks; Mobile antennas; Multipath channels; Topology;

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.1999.801723

Filename

801723