Antenna effects on indoor wireless channels and a deterministic wide-band propagation model for in-building personal communication systems

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dc.contributor.authorHo, Chung-Man Peteren
dc.contributor.committeechairRappaport, Theodore S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDavis, William A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWoerner, Brian D.en
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:26:41Zen
dc.date.adate2009-01-10en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:26:41Zen
dc.date.issued1993-04-22en
dc.date.rdate2009-01-10en
dc.date.sdate2009-01-10en
dc.description.abstractWhile the application of antenna diversity in a narrow band communication system is well understood, little research has been done on antenna effects in wide-band channels. Research has shown that circular polarization (CP) is more robust in combating multipath than linear polarization in line-of-sight channels. One objective of this thesis is to study the effects of antenna polarization and antenna pattern on multipath delay spread and path loss in indoor obstructed (OBS) wireless channels. A wide-band experiment was performed in a two-floored modern office building at 2.4SGHz in August 1991. Some preliminary results are as follows. Circular polarization cannot reduce delay spread in OBS channels and CP signals are more vulnerable to depolarization in OBS channels. Our results show that vertically polarized (VP) directional antennas at both the transmitter and the receiver can give better delay spread and path loss results than other antenna combinations. The performance of VP directional antennas are found to be sensitive to the alignment of the antennas, and the performance gain over omnidirectional antennas degrades as shadowing effects increase. In the second half of the thesis, a deterministic wide-band propagation model that can predict channel impulse responses inside buildings is proposed and implemented. The three dimensional image-based propagation model includes effects of antenna pattern, antenna polarization, geometry of the building, and building materials. Comparisons between measured and predicted power delay profiles are given in Chapter Seven. Preliminary results show that the worst case path loss error is IOdB, and the standard deviation of path loss error is 4.6dB. For most cases, predicted rms delay spread values are 20ns within the measured values. Possible prediction errors are due to unmodeled furniture inside the offices and limitations of Geometrical Optics (GO) assumptions. The algorithm is shown to be more efficient than brute force ray tracing algorithm if the number of objects are on the order of a few hundred. Acceleration techniques for the algorithm are also discussed in the thesis.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentx, 195 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01102009-063157en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01102009-063157/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/40551en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1993.H6.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 28553277en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1993.H6en
dc.subject.lcshAntenna feedsen
dc.subject.lcshTelecommunication systemsen
dc.titleAntenna effects on indoor wireless channels and a deterministic wide-band propagation model for in-building personal communication systemsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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