Measured characteristics of 30-GHz indoor propagation channels with low-profile directional antennas

Author

Beauvarlet, Didier ; Virga, Kathleen L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

1

Issue

1

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

87

Lastpage

90

Abstract

The millimeter-wave frequency band is emerging as an interesting choice for high data-rate indoor wireless communications. The features of large bandwidth, small antenna size and high indoor path loss to isolate separate channels offer many advantages. This paper reports on the experimental setup, the experimental results, and statistical characteristics of line-of-sight (LOS) indoor wireless propagation channels using a low-profile directional antenna for both transmit and receive functions at 30 GHz. The path loss and small-scale fading characteristics are explored. The measured results are used to determine the coefficients used in Rician and Nakagami distribution models at 30 GHz.

Keywords

Rician channels; directive antennas; fading channels; indoor radio; microwave antennas; microwave propagation; millimetre wave antennas; millimetre wave propagation; 30 GHz; Nakagami distribution models; Rician distribution models; data-rate indoor communications; indoor path loss; indoor propagation channels; line-of-sight propagation channels; low-profile directional antennas; millimeter-wave frequency band; path loss; receive functions; small-scale fading; transmit functions; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Bandwidth; Directional antennas; Fading; Frequency; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave propagation; Rician channels; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2002.802553

Filename

1046961