Microwave propagation characteristics in the MMDS frequency band

Author

Porter, Jeffrey W. ; Thweatt, John A.

Author_Institution

Commun. Syst. & Technol., Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1578

Abstract

This report presents the results of measurements to characterize MMDS band radio propagation in a suburban environment for a system using a directional base antenna and either a directional or an omni-directional fixed subscriber antenna. Channel sounding measurements were made using three subscriber antenna heights at representative locations throughout residential and commercial areas. Path loss and delay spread are reported as functions of subscriber antenna height for line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) conditions

Keywords

delays; directive antennas; electromagnetic wave absorption; loss measurement; microwave propagation; power measurement; LOS conditions; MMDS band radio propagation; MMDS frequency band; NLOS conditions; channel sounding measurements; commercial areas; delay spread; directional base antenna; directional fixed subscriber antenna; line-of-sight conditions; measurement results; microwave propagation characteristics; nonline-of-sight conditions; omni-directional fixed subscriber antenna; path loss measurements; receive power measurements; residential areas; subscriber antenna heights; suburban environment; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Delay; Directive antennas; Frequency; Microwave propagation; Power measurement; Receiving antennas; Testing; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2000. ICC 2000. 2000 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6283-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2000.853761

Filename

853761