The use of FDTD method to simulate smart antennas in multipath channels

Author

Litva, J. ; Chen Wu ; Kezys, V. ; Minh Nguyen

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Lab., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont., Canada

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

13-18 July 1997

Firstpage

1542

Abstract

There is considerable interest within the wireless community in the statistics of joint angle-of-arrival and time delay for signals arriving at a smart antenna for both indoor and outdoor propagation environments. These data are required for engineering smart antennas. In this letter we present the FDTD technique combined with adaptive array signal processing to simulate smart antennas in multipath channels. We also present results of measurements of joint angle-of-arrival and time delay for an indoor environment.

Keywords

adaptive signal processing; array signal processing; delays; indoor radio; linear antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; multipath channels; personal communication networks; 8.05 to 8.33 GHz; FDTD method; adaptive array signal processing; angle-of-arrival delay; indoor propagation environment; multipath channels; outdoor propagation environment; simulation; smart antennas; time delay; wireless community; Adaptive arrays; Adaptive signal processing; Antenna arrays; Antennas and propagation; Array signal processing; Data engineering; Delay effects; Finite difference methods; Statistics; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1997. IEEE., 1997 Digest

Conference_Location

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4178-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1997.631466

Filename

631466