Performance of dual polarized antennas in PCS 1900 MHz systems

Author

Shi, James ; Shah, Ali ; Abidi, Abbas

Author_Institution

Ericsson Inc., Richardson, TX, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

4-7 May 1997

Firstpage

1186

Abstract

We investigate the implementation of two branch polarization diversity antennas in PCS 1900 systems. The received signal strength and signal quality are measured for suburban areas, indoors and on the freeway. The diversity gain is specified by comparing, at a given signal quality level, the median signal strength for the diversity configurations with median signal strength of the no-diversity configuration. The results indicate that polarization diversity performs as well as space diversity

Keywords

cellular radio; diversity reception; electromagnetic wave polarisation; indoor radio; land mobile radio; mobile antennas; personal communication networks; 1900 MHz; PCS 1900 MHz systems; UHF; branch polarization diversity antennas; diversity gain; dual polarized antennas; freeway; indoors; no-diversity configuration; performance; polarization diversity; received signal strength; signal quality; suburban areas; Antenna measurements; Area measurement; Bit error rate; Diversity methods; Microcell networks; Personal communication networks; Polarization; Prototypes; Testing; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1997, IEEE 47th

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3659-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1997.600518

Filename

600518