A Measurement System for Investigation and Evaluation of Diversity Antenna Combinations in Microwave Fading Scenarios

Conference: GeMIC 2008 - German Microwave Conference
03/10/2008 - 03/12/2008 at Hamburg-Harburg, Germany

Proceedings: GeMIC 2008

Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Müller, D. J.; Reiter, L. M.; Hopf, J. F.; Barié, D. E.; Lindenmeier, S. M. (Institute of High Frequency Technology and Mobile Communication, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39, 85577 Neubiberg, Germany)

Abstract:
For the evaluation of antenna diversity systems a measurement system has bean realized which is able to record and store microwave satellite signals of up to four different antennas, simultaneously. The recorded signals are post processed by a software tool to determine the quality of the antenna concept in an antenna diversity system. As a figure of merit the signal cross-covariance and the diversity efficiency are taken into account.