Dense Urban Channel Measurements for Utility Pole Fixed Wireless Links

Author

Wasson, Michael W. ; Messier, Geoffrey G. ; Smith, Devin P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

Volume

63

Issue

12

fYear

2015

Firstpage

5791

Lastpage

5798

Abstract

This radio channel measurement campaign characterizes the propagation conditions experienced in a dense urban environment over fixed backhaul links between wireless devices that are mounted on utility or traffic light poles. The measurements characterize the 2×1 multiple-input/single-output (MISO) channel in the 2.45 GHz band for both spatially separated omni antennas and cross-polarized directional antennas. Results presented include both small- and large-scale channel statistics, antenna correlation coefficient values, and the off-broadside rejection achieved with the directional antennas.

Keywords

MIMO communication; directive antennas; electromagnetic wave polarisation; omnidirectional antennas; radio links; radiotelemetry; radiowave propagation; wireless channels; MISO channel; antenna correlation coefficient; cross-polarized directional antenna; dense urban channel measurement; fixed backhaul link; frequency 2.45 GHz; large-scale channel statistics; multiple-input-single-output channel; off-broadside rejection; propagation condition; radio channel measurement campaign; small-scale channel statistics; spatially separated omniantenna; traffic light pole; utility light pole; utility pole fixed wireless link device; Antenna measurements; Directive antennas; Fading; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Wireless communication; Fading; MIMO; Ricean channels; fading; frequency selective fading channels; land mobile radio cellular systems; multipath channels; radio propagation; wireless mesh networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2015.2493560

Filename

7303901