>SARY \W antenna electrical parameters ross-polar discrimination) olarization discrimination, in dB, is the 1ce between the peak of the co-polarized main nd the maximum cross-polarized signal over an wice the 3dB beamwidth of the co-polarized 2am. olar discrimination, or XPD, is the term used to e the antenna’s ability to maintain radiated or 1 polarization purity between horizontally and y polarized signals. mit mode, it is the proportion of signal that mitted in the orthogonal polarization to that J—while, in receive mode, it is the antenne’s oO maintain the incident signal’s polarization eristics. XPD, dB = -10 logl0 (cross-polarized received power/co-polarized receive power) IPI (interport isolation) IPI stands for interport isolation, and refers to dual- polarized antennas, where there are two ports on the feed—one for horizontally polarized radio waves and one for vertically polarized radio waves. IPI is stated in ‘dB’ and is the level of polarization coupling or leakage between the two ports. Thus, if a radio wave signal were to be injected into the backport, for example, a very small proportion would be detected at the front port, and vice versa. The received signal is unwanted, and—if of too high a value—will cause errors in the radio system. Front to back The front to back ratio denotes the sensitivity of an antenna to radio waves in the region 180° + 40° from the main beam direction. That is, the area of space behind the antenna. It is defined in dB relative to the peak of the main beam.