Measurement of Mobile Antenna Systems

Hiroyuki Arai

Artech House

2001
232 pages

Description

If you’re involved with the design, installation or maintenance of mobile antenna systems, this book gives you the most-comprehensive understanding of all the mandatory measurement techniques you need for your projects. You get practical guidance on the selection of measurement sites, the measurement of system building and setup, and the analysis of measured data.

It presents in-depth examinations of all relevant mobile antenna measurement theories, along with practical measurement procedures and examples to show you how it’s done. Topics include propagation measurement, antenna characteristics measurement, radiation power measurement, human interaction measurement, base station siting and maintenance, and fading and field simulator systems. Referenced with 172 illustrations and 161 equations.

Table of Contents

Preface

Propagation Measurements

Overview of Propagation Measurements

Field Profile Measurements

Diversity Measurements

Delay Profile Measurements

Propagation Measurement System

Delay Profile Measurement System

Antenna Measurements for Radio Handsets and Mobile Terminals

Antenna Input Port Impedance Measurements

Radiation Pattern Measurement

Radiation Efficiency Measurements

Diversity Characteristics Measurement Using Radiation Patterns

EMC Measurements

Product Testing

Handset Antennas and Influences Due to the Human Body

Human Body Influences on the Handset Antenna

The Phantom: An Electrical Equivalent Model of the Human Body

Antenna Measurements Using a Phantom

SAR Measurement Using a Phantom

Measurements Using a Human Body

Base Station Antenna Siting, Measurement and Maintenance

Base Station Antenna Siting

Design of Cellular Base Station Antennas

Base Station Antenna Measurements

Product Inspection

Fading and Field Simulators

Fading Simulators

Field Simulators

Sensitivity Measurements Using a Field Simulator

Delay Spread Measurement Using a Field Simulator

Appendices

About the Author

Index