Space diversity analysis for low elevation links in a wooded area

Author

Simunek, M. ; Pechac, Pavel ; Perez-Fontan, Fernando

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Czech Tech. Univ. in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

2336

Lastpage

2339

Abstract

In this paper we analyze the link between an UAV and a ground control station in a wooded area for study the possible use of space diversity methods. We reproduce the UAV link by performing experiment using a remotely controlled airship and a four channel receiver with two orthogonally polarized patch antennas. We present the possible values of diversity gain and its dependence on antennas mutual distance and elevation angle. Moreover we compare the results with data from an open field measurement.

Keywords

airships; autonomous aerial vehicles; diversity reception; microstrip antennas; polarisation; radio receivers; telerobotics; UAV link; antennas mutual distance; channel receiver; diversity gain; elevation angle; ground control station; low elevation links; orthogonally polarized patch antennas; remotely controlled airship; space diversity analysis; unmanned aerial vehicle; wooded area; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Diversity methods; Diversity reception; Receivers; Spatial diversity; Diversity; Low Elevation Links; UAV; Wooded Areas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546710