Measurements of UHF band radio propagation in mobile outdoor environments by use of existent TV broadcasting waves

Author

Nishi, Masahiro ; Okinaka, Akira ; Takata, Kenji ; Ida, Teruaki Yosh

Author_Institution

Fac. of Inf. Sci., Hiroshima City Univ., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

252

Abstract

This paper proposes an original method for UHF band radio propagation measurements by use of existing TV broadcasting waves and describes how to develop a mobile measurement system for UHF band radio propagation in mobile outdoor environments. And the paper shows measurement limitation, frequency selectivity, antenna directivity and temperature characteristics of our developed measurement system. As a result of experiments in UHF band radio propagation, the paper shows the received level contour map of Hiroshima City. This map clarifies that the received level is dependent on the surrounding features.

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; field strength measurement; mobile radio; television broadcasting; Hiroshima City; TV broadcasting waves; UHF band; antenna directivity; frequency selectivity; measurement limitation; mobile measurement system; mobile outdoor environments; radio propagation measurements; received level contour map; temperature characteristics; Antenna measurements; Frequency measurement; Global Positioning System; Mobile communication; Position measurement; Radio propagation; TV broadcasting; TV receivers; UHF measurements; UHF propagation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2002. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7330-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2002.1016296

Filename

1016296