Diversity Properties of Multiantenna Small Handheld Terminals

Experimental data are presented on the viability of multiple antennas on small mobile handsets, based on extensive measurement campaigns at 2.14 GHz with multiple base stations, indoors, from outdoor to indoor, and outdoors. The results show medium to low correlation values between antenna branch si...

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Published in:EURASIP journal on advances in signal processing 2004-08, Vol.2004 (9), p.1340-1353
Main Authors: Wim A. Th. Kotterman, Gert F. Pedersen, Kim Olesen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
branch correlation
Doppler spectrum
measurement analysis
mobile radio channel
small multiantenna devices
user influence
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Summary:Experimental data are presented on the viability of multiple antennas on small mobile handsets, based on extensive measurement campaigns at 2.14 GHz with multiple base stations, indoors, from outdoor to indoor, and outdoors. The results show medium to low correlation values between antenna branch signals despite small antenna separations down to 0.16λ. Amplitude distributions are mainly Rayleigh-like, but for early and late components steeper than Rayleigh. Test users handling the measurement handset caused larger delay spread, increased the variability of the channel, and induced rather large mean branch power differences of up to 10 dB. Positioning of multiple antennas on small terminals should therefore be done with care. The indoor channels were essentially flat fading within 7 MHz bandwidth (−6 dB); the outdoor-to-indoor and outdoor channels, measured with 10 MHz bandwidth, were not. For outdoor-to-indoor and outdoor channels, we found that different taps in the same impulse response are uncorrelated.
ISSN:1687-6172
1687-6180
DOI:10.1155/S1687617204403084