Wideband Outdoor-to-Indoor MIMO Channel Measurements at 3.5 GHz

Conference: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
03/23/2009 - 03/27/2009 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: EuCAP 2009

Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Lostanlen, Y.; Tenoux, T. (SIRADEL France, Radio Department, 3 allée A. Bobierre, CS24343, Rennes Cedex, France)
Farhat, H.; Carcelen, A.; Grunfelder, G.; Zein, G. El (IETR UMR CNRS 6164, INSA de Rennes, 20 av. des Buttes de Coesmes, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France)

Abstract:
This paper reports a measurement campaign carried out at 3.5 GHz to characterize the outdoor to indoor electromagnetic (EM) wave propagation penetration within buildings. A wideband channel sounder was used to collect the data using circular antenna arrays at both ends. The measurements are processed with a high resolution algorithm extracting the dominant paths. A ray-tracing based simulation tool is used to help on interpreting the collected data. The measurements show that for Non-Line of Sight situations, the diffraction of EM waves on the window frames plays an important role in the penetration inside the building.