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LAB NO: 07
TO COMPUTE FAR FIELD DISTANCE FOR A BASE
STATION
INTRODUCTION:
Antenna measurement techniques refer to testing of antennas to ensure that antenna meets
specifications or simply to characterize it. Typical parameters of antennas are gain, radiation
pattern, beam width, polarization, and impedance. Antenna pattern is response of the antenna to a
plane wave incident from a given direction or the relative power density of the wave transmitted
by the antenna in a given direction. The far-field region is represented Far Field Region>2D2/ƛ.
Where D is the maximum dimension of the antenna and ƛ is the wavelength of the radio wave

ABSTRACT:
In this lab, we studied about the parameters of antenna and also the antenna pattern and
its types; far field and near field which are basically the techniques the measuring the antenna
pattern. We measured the far field distance and near field distance for a base station using
MATLAB software. We provided coding in script file for plotting a graph between received
power and distance, also found far field distance and near field distance using basic commands
and formulas and observed the results.
Task 01:

Task 02:

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CONCLUSION:
At the end of this lab, we were able to understand both the techniques of determining the
antenna pattern based on the distance and its implementation in MATLAB. When a signal from a
transmitter is applied to an antenna, it sends out electromagnetic waves in to free space. The EM
field characteristics vary as a function of distance from the antenna. The two graphs shows far
field distance for 900MHz and 1800MHz respectively. The relation is inversely proportional
between distance covered by antenna and received power. Higher frequency bands travel lesser
distance than signals sent to lower frequency bands, because higher the frequency bands, lower
will be the wavelength.

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LAB NO: 08
TO COMPUTE FREE SPACE PATH LOSS (ESPL) IN MATLAB
INTRODUCTION:
Free-space path loss (FSPL) is the loss in signal strength of an electromagnetic wave that
would result from a line-of-sight path through free space (usually air), with no obstacles nearby
to cause reflection or diffraction. The equation for FSPL is
FSPL=(4πd/λ)2
FSPL=(4πf/λc)2
Where;
 λ is the signal wavelength (in meters)
 f is the signal frequency (in hertz)
 d is the distance from the transmitter (in meters)
 C is the speed of light in a vacuum, 2.99792458 × 108 meters per second
ABSTRACT:
In this lab, we studied about the Free Space Path Loss (FSPL) and also learned to
calculate it using MATLAB software. We provided coding for FSPL distance Vs Distance and
Frequency Vs path loss in script file and plotted the graphs to observe the outputs.

CONCLUSION:
At the end of this lab, we got to know about FSPL and learned to calculate it by learning basic
commands and formulas using MATLAB software. The FSPL appears in vacuum under ideally
conditions, e.g. a radio communication between satellites. The graph we observed that path loss increases
over distance with lower frequencies dropping off more slowly than higher frequencies but logarithmic
nature of the decibel, the increase in path loss over distance is relatively slow over long distance.

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