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- Alayon Glazunov, Andres, et al.
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A note on the Mean Effective Radiated Power and the Mean Effective Receiver Sensitivity of mobile handheld terminals
- 2008
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Ingår i: 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting. ; , s. 1-4, s. 4471-4474
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper we introduce the Mean Effective Radiated Power (MERP) and the Mean Effective Radiated Sensitivity (MERS) as alternative figures of merit of the uplink and downlink communication performance of wireless handheld terminals. We show how they are related to the Mean Effective Gain (MEG), the total radiated power (TRP) and total receiver sensitivity (TRS).
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- Alayon Glazunov, Andres, et al.
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Fading characterization in a semi-anechoic chamber with artificial scatterers for Mean Effective Gain measurements of wireless handheld terminals
- 2008
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Ingår i: 2008 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, RWS. ; , s. 611-614
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents the methodology and corresponding analysis of the scattered field measurements in a semi-anechoic ferrite-lined chamber. The focus is on recreating a Rayleigh fading environment with realistic cross-polarization ratio (XPR) with the purpose of measuring the Mean Effective Gain (MEG) of mobile handheld terminal operating in the 900 MHz GSM band. The emulated XPR was similar in each of the studied scenarios and approximately equal to 12 dB. The Rayleigh fading hypothesis for the statistics of the envelope of the measured signals could not be rejected in most cases at the 95 % level with the Kolmogorov goodness-of-fit test.
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- Alayon Glazunov, Andres, et al.
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Mean effective gain of antennas in a wireless channel
- 2009
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Ingår i: IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation. - : Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). - 1751-8725. ; 3:2, s. 214-227
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The mean effective gain (MEG) is one of the most important parameters for the characterisation of antennas in wireless channels. An analysis of some fundamental properties of the MEG is provided and corresponding physical interpretations are given. Three points are analysed in detail: (i) closed-form expressions for MEG in a mixed environment with both stochastic and deterministic components are provided, showing that the MEG can be written as a sum of gains for the deterministic and stochastic components, (ii) it is shown that under some assumptions, the propagation channel and the antenna are equivalent in the sense that the impact of the channel cross-polarisation ratio (XPR) and the antenna effective cross-polar discrimination on the MEG are symmetrical, (iii) based on the fact that MEG depends on random variables, such as the XPR and antenna rotations because of user's movements, the average, the minimum and maximum MEG of antennas are defined, respectively. Finally, the maximum effective gain of antennas is derived and shown that it is bounded by 4 pi eta(rad), where eta(rad) is the radiation efficiency of the antenna.
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- Alayon Glazunov, Andres
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On the Antenna-Channel Interactions: A Spherical Vector Wave Expansion Approach
- 2009
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The main focus of this thesis is the analysis of the interactions between antennas and channels where electromagnetic fields play a central role. Our goal has been to devise a general framework to enable a clear separation of the properties of the propagation channel from the influence of the antennas at the same time as it provides a common ground for a joint characterization of their properties. For this we have taken help of two tools: 1) a solution to Maxwell's equations, i.e., a spherical vector wave (svw) multi-modal expansion of the electromagnetic field and 2) the scattering matrix representation of an antenna that provides a full description of all its properties as a transmitting, receiving or scattering device. These tools offer a natural characterization of the polarizational, directional, and spatial properties of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna systems. In this thesis we first show that under some assumptions the propagation channel and the antenna are equivalent. The equivalence is in the sense that the impact of the channel cross-polarization ratio (XPR) and the antenna effective cross-polarization discrimination (XPD) on the mean effective gain (MEG) of an antenna are symmetrical. We also find bounds on the MEG in a wireless channel. Then we provide closed form expressions for the covariance of the field multi-modes as a function of the Power Angle Spectrum (PAS) and the channel XPR. A new interpretation of the MEG of antennas in terms of field multi-modes is also provided where the maximum MEG is obtained by conjugate mode matching between the antennas and the channel. We also show the (intuitive) result that the optimum decorrelation of the antenna signals is obtained by the excitation of orthogonal spherical vector wave modes. The cross-correlation coefficient between signals at two antenna branches (ports) in the presence of spatially selective interference and additive white gaussian noise is also investigated showing that spatial interference can also be readily modeled in terms of the svw mode expansion. We further devise a correlation model for co- and cross-polarized field components and introduce the concept of mode-to-mode channel mapping, the M-matrix, between the receive and transmit antenna modes. The M-matrix maps the modes excited by the transmitting antenna to the modes exciting the receive antennas and vice versa. The covariance statistics of this M-matrix are expressed as a function of the double-directional power-angular spectrum (PAS) of co- and cross-polarized components of the electromagnetic field. We finally derive physical limitations on the interactions of antennas exciting TM or TE modes (but not both) and wireless propagation channels. Rather than maximizing antenna gain in a single direction we obtain physical limitations on the antenna gain pattern, which is directly translated to more condensed parameters, i.e. the instantaneous effective gain Gi and the mean effective gain Ge if instantaneous realizations or correlation statistics of the expansion coefficients of the electromagnetic field are known, respectively. The obtained limitations are on the maximum of Gi/Q and Ge/Q, which establish a trade-off between link gain and the antenna quality factor Q.
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- Alayon Glazunov, Andres, et al.
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On the mean effective gain expressed in terms of the spherical vector wave expansion of the electromagnetic field
- 2008
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The mode expansion o®ers a general framework for the analysis of the interaction between antennas andpropagation channels. In this paper, the Mean E®ective Gain (MEG) of an antenna is expressed in termsof the spherical vector wave expansion of the electromagnetic ¯eld. An explicit expression of the MEG isprovided as a function of the normalized average power of modes excited in the propagation channel andthe correlation between the channel modes due to the polarization and spatial selectivity of plane wavesimpinging at the antenna.
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- Alayon Glazunov, Andres, et al.
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Physical modelling of multiple-input multiple-output antennas and channels by means of the spherical vector wave expansion
- 2010
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Ingår i: IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation. - : Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). - 1751-8725. ; 4:6, s. 778-791
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The authors propose a new physically motivated model that allows the study of the interaction between the antennas and the propagation channel for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. The key tools employed in the model are the expansion coefficients of the electromagnetic field in spherical vector waves and the scattering matrix representation of the properties of the antenna. The authors derive the expansion of the MIMO channel matrix, H, in spherical vector wave modes of the electromagnetic field of the antennas as well as the propagation channel. The authors also introduce the channel scattering dyadic, C, with a corresponding correlation model for co-polarised and cross-polarised elements and introduce the concept of mode-to-mode channel mapping, the M-matrix, between the receive and transmit antenna modes. The M-matrix maps the modes excited by the transmitting antenna to the modes exciting the receive antennas and vice versa. The covariance statistics of this M-matrix are expressed as a function of the double-directional power-angular spectrum (PAS) of co-polarised and cross-polarised components of the electromagnetic field. Their approach aims at gaining insights into the physics governing the interaction between antennas and channels and it is useful for studying the performance of different antenna designs in a specified propagation channel as well as for modelling the propagation channel. It can furthermore be used to quantify the optimal properties of antennas in a given propagation channel. The authors illustrate the developed methodology by analysing the interaction of a 2 x 2 system of slant polarised half-wavelength dipole antennas with some basic propagation channel models.
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- Alayon Glazunov, Andres, et al.
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Spherical Vector Wave Expansion of Gaussian Electromagnetic Fields for Antenna-Channel Interaction Analysis
- 2009
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Ingår i: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. - 0018-926X .- 1558-2221. ; 57:7, s. 2055-2067
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, we introduce an approach to analyze the interaction between antennas and the propagation channel. We study both the antennas and the propagation channel by means of the spherical vector wave mode expansion of the electromagnetic field. Then we use the expansion coefficients to study some properties of general antennas in thosefields by means of the antenna scattering matrix. The focus is on the spatio-polar characterization of antennas, channels and their interactions. We provide closed form expressions for the covariance of the field multimodes as function of the power angle spectrum (PAS) and the channel cross-polarization ratio (XPR). A new interpretation of the mean effective gains (MEG) of antennas is also provided. The maximum MEG is obtained by conjugate mode matching between the antennas and the channel; we also prove the (intuitive) results that the optimum decorrelation of the antenna signals is obtained by the excitation of orthogonal spherical vector modes.
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- Asplund, Henrik, et al.
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The COST 259 Directional Channel Model-Part II : Macrocells
- 2006
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Ingår i: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. - 1536-1276 .- 1558-2248. ; 5:12, s. 3434-3450
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper describes the attributes of the COST 259 directional channel model that are applicable for use in the design and implementation of macrocellular mobile and portable radio systems and associated technology. Special care has been taken to model all propagation mechanisms that are currently understood to contribute to the characteristics of practical macrocellular channels and confirm that large scale, small scale, anddirectional characteristics of implemented models are realistic through their comparison with available measured data. The model that is described makes full use of previously published work, as well as incorporating some new results. It is considered that its implementation should contribute to a tool that can be used for simulations and comparison of different aspects of a large variety of wireless communication systems, including those that exploit the spatial aspects of radio channels, as, for example, throughthe use of adaptive antenna systems.
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- Bernadó, Laura, et al.
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Non-WSSUS Vehicular Channel Characterization at 5.2 GHz - Spectral Divergence and Time-Variant Coherence Parameters
- 2008
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The scattering environment in vehicle-to-vehicle communication channels at 5.2 GHz changes rapidly. Hence the wide-sense stationary (WSS) uncorrelated scattering (US) assumption for the fading process is valid for short time intervals only. We characterize the spectral divergence of the local scattering function (LSF) sequence in order to assess the non-WSSUS characteristics in different scenarios. We find that the vehicle-to-vehicle channels violate the wide-sense stationarity much stronger than the US assumption. Additionally, we use the LSF to quantify the time dependence of the channel coherence time and bandwidth. Both parameters vary strongly over time depending on the chosen scenario. Furthermore the effect of the antenna radiation pattern on the fading process is quantified, which can cause the strength of a multipath component to change by more than 40 dB in drive-by experiments.
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