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Summary
Antenna basics
Cellular & PCS Antennas
MIMO
Mobile Radio Propagation
1. Free space Propagation Model
2. Two Ray Model
3. Outdoor Indoor Propagation Model
. Fading Channels
. Raleigh & Ricean Distribution
Antenna basics
An antenna is a device used to transform an RF signal, traveling on
a conductor, into an electromagnetic wave in free space.
The antenna is the interface between the transmission line and
space
Antennas are passive devices; the power radiated cannot be greater
than the power entering from the transmitter
Antenna basics
When speaking of gain in an antenna, gain refers to the idea that
certain directions are radiated better than others
Antennas are reciprocal - the same design works for receiving
systems as for transmitting systems
Simple Antennas : The Isotropic Radiator would radiate all the
power delivered to it and equally in all directions.The isotropic
radiator would also be a point source
Antenna basics
Major Difference Between Antennas And Transmission Lines
transmission line uses conductor to carry voltage & current
radio signal travels through air (insulator)
antennas are transducers
- convert voltage & current into electric & magnetic field
- bridges transmission line & air
- similar to speaker/microphone with acoustic energy
Antenna basics
Types of antennas
simple antennas: dipole, long wire
complex antennas: additional components to
shape radiated field
provide high gain for long distances or weak signal reception
size frequency of operation
combinations of identical antennas
phased arrays electrically shape and steer antenna
Transmit antenna: radiate maximum energy into surroundings
Receive antenna: capture maximum energy from surrounding
radiating transmission line is technically an antenna
good transmission line = poor antenna
Antenna basics
Antenna Performance depends heavily on
Channel Characteristics: obstacles, distances temperature,
Signal Frequency
Antenna Dimensions
Transmit & Receive antennas
theoretically are the same (e.g. radiation fields, antenna gain)
practical implementation issue:
transmit antenna handles high power signal (W-MW)
- large conductors & high power connectors,
receive antenna handles low power signal (mW-uW)
Antenna basics
Propagation Modes five types
(1) Ground or Surface wave: follow earths contour
affected by natural and man-made terrain
salt water forms low loss path
several hundred mile range
2-3 MHz signal
Antenna basics
(2) Space Wave
Line of Sight (LOS) wave
Ground Diffraction allows for greater distance
Approximate Maximum Distance, D in miles is
D = 2htx 2hrx
(antenna height in ft)
No Strict Signal Frequency Limitations
htx
hrx
Antenna basics
(3) Sky Waves
reflected off ionosphere (20-250 miles high)
large ranges possible with single hop or multi-hop
transmit angle affects distance, coverage, refracted energy
refracted
wave
ionosphere
reflected
transmitted
wave
wave
skip distance
Antenna basics
(4) Satellite Waves
Designed to pass through ionosphere into space
uplink (ground to space)
down link (space to ground)
Frequencies >> critical frequency
penetrates ionosphere without reflection
Geosynchronous orbit 23k miles (synchronized with earths
orbit)
long distances result in high path loss
EM energy disperses over distances
intensely focused beam improves efficiency
Antenna basics
(5) radar:
requires high gain antenna
sensitive low noise receiver
requires reflected signal from object distances are doubled
only small fraction of transmitted signal reflects back
Antenna basics
Antenna Types
Dipole Antennas (Hertz): simple, old, widely used
- root of many advance antennas
consists of 2 spread conductors of 2 wire transmission lines
each conductor is in length
total span = + small center gap
Transmission
Line
gap
Antenna basics
Multi-Band Dipole Antennas
use 1 antenna support several widely separated frequency bands
e.g. HAM Radio - 3.75MHz-29MHz
1/4 C
Transmission
Line
Antenna basics
Elementary Antennas
Antenna basics
Folded Dipole Antenna
- basic dipole folded to form complete circuit
- core to many advanced antennas
- mechanically more rugged than dipole
/2
Antenna basics
Loop & Patch Antenna wire bent into loops
Patch Antenna: rectangular conducting area with || ground plane
V = k(2f)BAN
V = maximum voltage induced in receiver by EM field
B = magnetic field strength flux of EM field
A = area of loop
N-turns
N = number of turns
f = signal frequency
k = physical proportionality factor
Antenna
Plane
Area A
Antenna basics
Antenna Types
Antenna basics
Name
Isotropic
Shape
360
2.14 dB
55
Turnstile
-0.86 dB
50
Full Wave
Loop
3.14 dB
200
Yagi
7.14 dB
25
Helical
10.1 dB
30
Parabolic
Dipole
14.7 dB
20
Horn
15 dB
15
Biconical
Horn
14 dB
360x200
Dipole
Radiation Pattern
Cellular &
PCS Antennas
Analog cellular on the 850 MHz band
Since 1979 (experimental), 1981 commercial; analog FM now mostly phased
out
Digital Cellular/PCS on 850 and 1900 MHz bands
Since ~1991 with immense growth rate
900 MHz and 1.8 GHz bands used in Europe and other continents,
mainly for GSM (Global System for Mobile communication)
AuC
VLR
EIR
BSC BTS
BTS
F
D
HLR
VLR
BSC
BTS
C
OMC
A-bis
MSC
BSC BTS
to PSTN
E
to other MSCs
BSS
Um
MS
Antennas
Transmit Combiner Processing
Receive Multi-coupler/Low Noise Distribution Amplifier
Base Transceiver
Transmitter Section
Receiver Section
Antenna Diversity Processing in Receiver
Not shown: band pass or band reject filters in antenna lines, power equipment, airconditioning, test transceiver, alarm equipment, etc.
first
Rx
ant.
Tx
ant.
BT0
BSC
BCF
BT1
...
BTS
A-bis
BTn
second
Rx
ant.
Tx
Combiner
Rx
multicoupler
Rx
multicoupler
BSS
Two standardized interfaces (A and Abis in GSM) permit competitive suppliers for base equipment
Technological reasons:
UHF follows line of sight propagation
Little/no over-horizon or skip radio propagation
MF, HF short-wave bands would be impractical for cellular
SHF bands require much more costly components, and some bands are used for
extensive installed microwave or have strong atmospheric attenuation
824
MHz
B
334-666
1-333
825
MHz
835
MHz
SMR band
A B
667716
717799
Specialized
Mobile Radio
use
B
334-666
1-333
869 870
MHz MHz
880
MHz
A B
667716
890
MHz
717799
891.5 894
MHz MHz
1850
MHz
i
i
i
i
MTA
B
T
A
MTA
1865
MHz
1870
MHz
Unlicensed
B
T
A
B
T
A
BTA
E F
1885
MHz
1890 1895
MHz MHz
Data
Licensed Downlink
Voice
C
1910
MHz
1920
MHz
1930
MHz
MTA
B
T
A
MTA
1945
MHz
1950
MHz
B
T
A
B
T
A
BTA
E F
1965 1970
MHz MHz
C
1975
MHz
1990
MHz
MIMO
In radio, multiple-input and multiple-output,
or MIMO (pronounced as "my-moh" or "me-moh"), is a method for
multiplying the capacity of a radio link using multiple transmit and
receive antennas to exploit multipath propagation
MIMO has become an essential element of wireless communication
standards including Wi-Fi,3G&4G.
More recently, MIMO has been applied to power-line
communication for 3-wire installations as part of ITU G.hn standard
and HomePlug AV2 specification.
MIMO
Real-life Issues
Achieve
Channel Capacity (C)
MIMO
Antenna Configurations
Single-Input-Single-Output (SISO) antenna system
User data stream
channel
User data stream
MIMO
MIMO Antenna Configuration
Use multiple transmit and multiple receive antennas for a
single user
channel
. .
. .
MT
. .
MR
MIMO
Data Units
Will use the following terms loosely and interchangeably,
Bits (lowest level): +1 and -1
Symbols (intermediate): A group of bits
Packets (highest level): Lots and lots of
symbols
MIMO
Shannons Capacity (C)
MIMO
Spectral Efficiency
Spectral efficiencies of some widely used modulation schemes
Scheme
b/s/Hz
BPSK
QPSK
16-QAM
64-QAM
MIMO
MIMO System Model
s1
User data stream
.
.
s2
.
.
sM
s
Transmitted
vector
h1
1 h1
.2
y1
y2
.
Channel
Matrix H
yM
y
Received
vector
MIMO
MIMO System Model
y = Hs + n
h11 h21
MT
.. hM1
MIMO
Capacity of MIMO Channels
y = Hs + n
Let the transmitted vector s be a random vector to be very general and n is normalized noise. Let the total
transmitted power available per symbol period be P. Then,
C = log 2 (IM + HQHH) b/s/Hz
where Q = E{ssH} and trace(Q) < P according to our power constraint
Consider specific case when we have users transmitting at equal power over the channel and the users are
uncorrelated (no feedback available). Then,
CEP = log 2 [IM + (P/MT)HHH] b/s/Hz
Telatar showed that this is the optimal choice for blind transmission
MIMO
The capacity expression presented was over one realization of the
channel.
Capacity is a random variable and has to be averaged over infinite
realizations to obtain the true ergodic capacity. Outage capacity
is another metric that is used to capture this
MIMO
Spatial Multiplexing
Gain
Diversity
Gain
Maximize transmission
rate(optimistic approach)
Minimize Pe (conservative
approach)
MIMO
Practical System
R bits/symbol
Channel
coding
Symbol
mapping
SpaceTime
Coding
.
.
MT
Redundancy in time
Coding rate = rc
MIMO
rs : number of different symbols N transmitted in T
symbol periods
rs = N/T
Non
w
= Rrcrs bits/s/Hz assuming Rs = w
** If rs =
redundant
portion of
symbols
Mobile Radio
Propagation
Freespace loss
Diffraction Geometry
Fading Channels
Fading Channels
Fading signals occur due to reflections from ground & surrounding
buildings (clutter) as well as scattered signals from trees, people,
towers, etc.
often an LOS path is not available so the first multipath signal
arrival is probably the desired signal (the one which traveled the
shortest distance)
allows service even when Rx is severely obstructed by
surrounding clutter
Fading Channels
Even stationary Tx/Rx wireless links can experience fading due to
the motion of objects (cars, people, trees, etc.) in surrounding
environment off of which come the reflections
Multipath signals have randomly distributed amplitudes, phases, &
direction of arrival
vector summation of (A ) @ Rx of multipath leads to
constructive/destructive interference as mobile Rx moves in
space with respect to time
Fading Channels
received signal strength can vary by Small-scale fading over
distances of a few meter (about 7 cm at 1 GHz)!
This is a variation between, say, 1 mW and 10-6 mW.
If a user stops at a deeply faded point, the signal quality can be
quite bad.
However, even if a user stops, others around may still be moving
and can change the fading characteristics.
And if we have another antenna, say only 7 to 10 cm separated
from the other antenna, that signal could be good.
Fading Channels
fading occurs around received signal strength predicted from
large-scale path loss models
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Fading Channels
II. Physical Factors Influencing Fading in Mobile Radio Channel
(MRC)
1) Multipath Propagation
strength of multipath signals
time delay of signal arrival
large path length differences large differences in delay between signals
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Fading Channels
2) Speed of Mobile
relative motion between base station & mobile causes random
frequency modulation due to Doppler shift (fd)
Different multipath components may have different frequency
shifts.
3) Speed of Surrounding Objects
also influence Doppler shifts on multipath signals
dominates small-scale fading if speed of objects > mobile
speed
otherwise ignored
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Fading Channels
4) Tx signal bandwidth (Bs)
The mobile radio channel (MRC) is modeled as filter w/
specific bandwidth (BW)
The relationship between the signal BW & the MRC BW will
affect fading rates and distortion, and so will determine:
a) if small-scale fading is significant
b) if time distortion of signal leads to inter-symbol interference (ISI)
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Fading Channels
Fading
Fast Fading
(Short-term fading)
Signal
Strength
Slow Fading
(Long-term fading)
(dB)
Path Loss
Distance
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Fading Channels
Slow Fading
The long-term variation in the mean level is known as slow fading
(shadowing or log-normal fading). This fading caused by shadowing.
Log-normal distribution:
- The pdf of the received signal level is given in decibels by
p M
1
e
2
M M
2 2
Fading Channels
Log-normal Distribution
2
p(M)
Fading Channels
Rayleigh Distribution
P(r)
1.0
0.8
=1
0.6
=2
0.4
=3
0.2
r
2
10
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Fading Channels
Fast Fading
When MS far from BS, the envelope distribution of received
signal is Rician distribution. The pdf is
r
p r 2 e
r 2 2
2 2
r
I0
,
r0
where
is the standard deviation,
I0(x) is the zero-order Bessel function of the first kind,
is the amplitude of the direct signal
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Fading Channels
Rician Distribution
= 0 (Rayleigh)
=1
=2
=3
0.6
Pdf p(r)
0.5
0.4
=1
0.3
0.2
0.1
00
4
r
8
89
r
r2
P (r ) 2 exp 2
0r
90
91
rmean E[r ]
rp(r )dr
1.2533
2
2 2 0.4292 2
2
93
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