Title :
Measuring and modeling spatial radio channels for smart antenna systems
Author_Institution :
Radio Propagation & Planning, Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We present measurements of the spatial radio channel and discuss relevant metrics that determine how smart antenna systems will perform in real world radio channels. Models that take into account environmental factors and antenna height in estimating angle spread and other spatial characteristics are being investigated, and results from these measurements will be used to develop experimentally grounded models for the time dynamic spatial radio channel.
Keywords :
adaptive antenna arrays; land mobile radio; multipath channels; time-varying channels; angle spread; antenna height; environmental factors; smart antenna systems; spatial characteristics; spatial radio channels; time dynamic spatial radio channel; Antenna measurements; Environmental factors; Performance evaluation; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1998. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4478-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1998.702018
