Effect of antenna height and polarisation on short wireless links

Author

Darbari, F. ; Sasloglou, K. ; Stewart, R.W. ; Glover, I.A. ; Andonovic, I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

fYear

2008

fDate

25-29 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

A characterization of the short range (<; 100 cm) narrowband wireless channel is presented, appropriate to a dense network of wireless transceivers operating in the 2.4 GHz ISM band. Transmission loss measurements have been made in vertical and horizontal polarisations using rectaxial antennas for a range of antenna heights and separation distances. A preliminary interpretation of the results suggests that surface wave propagation may be significant for short wireless links such as might be used in sensor network applications.

Keywords

UHF antennas; electromagnetic wave polarisation; electromagnetic wave propagation; losses; radio links; radio transceivers; rectennas; wireless channels; ISM band; dense network; electromagnetic waves; frequency 2.4 GHz; rectaxial antenna height effects; sensor network applications; separation distances; short range narrow-band wireless channel; short wireless links; surface wave propagation; transmission loss measurements; vertical-horizontal polarisation effects; wireless transceivers; Antenna measurements; Propagation losses; Receiving antennas; Surface waves; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing Conference, 2008 16th European

Conference_Location

Lausanne

ISSN

2219-5491

Type

conf

Filename

7080708