Comparison of 60 GHz low and high gain antennas for coverage analysis of aircraft in-cabin radio links

Author

de la Torre, I. ; Kunisch, J. ; Oikonomopoulos-Zachos, C. ; Martínez-Vázquez, M.

Author_Institution

IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

11-15 April 2011

Firstpage

2216

Lastpage

2220

Abstract

This work presents a coverage analysis for a short-range 60 GHz radio link inside an aircraft cabin, focusing on the effect of using different antenna configurations. In particular, we investigate the impact of gain (and consequently, beamwidth), orientation, and polarization variations. To evaluate the resulting effects, the cumulative distribution function of the direct path gain as function of these parameters is considered. The path gain is determined using simulated patterns for some variations of an LTCC cavity antenna.

Keywords

aircraft communication; ceramic packaging; electromagnetic wave polarisation; higher order statistics; microwave links; millimetre wave antennas; LTCC cavity antenna; aircraft in-cabin radio link; antenna configuration; antenna gain; coverage analysis; cumulative distribution function; direct path gain; frequency 60 GHz; high gain antenna; low gain antenna; orientation variation; polarization variation; short-range radio link; Cavity resonators; Gain; Receiving antennas; Solids; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0250-1

Type

conf

Filename

5782014