TY - JOUR
T1 - Achievable Gains of Directional Antennas in Outdoor-Indoor Propagation Environments
AU - Feick, Rodolfo
AU - Rodriguez, Mauricio
AU - Ahumada, Luciano
AU - Valenzuela, Reinaldo A.
AU - Derpich, Milan
AU - Bahamonde, Oscar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/3
Y1 - 2015/3
N2 - We present an empirically based model for the gain of an indoor antenna array. This corresponds to the re-parametrization of the Greenstein-Erceg model, as applied to 5 m-50 m narrowband outdoor-indoor links. Our model is applicable to a few adjacent tones in an OFDM femtocell system such as LTE. We find that as much as 14 out of 16 dB of antenna-gain are attainable even in rich indoor scattering conditions. At the same time, no larger fade margin is required when using the array vs. the omnidirectional antenna. To provide a reference for the observed results we consider a simple propagation model, which is analyzed theoretically and via simulation. This model is found to match our empirical results very well.
AB - We present an empirically based model for the gain of an indoor antenna array. This corresponds to the re-parametrization of the Greenstein-Erceg model, as applied to 5 m-50 m narrowband outdoor-indoor links. Our model is applicable to a few adjacent tones in an OFDM femtocell system such as LTE. We find that as much as 14 out of 16 dB of antenna-gain are attainable even in rich indoor scattering conditions. At the same time, no larger fade margin is required when using the array vs. the omnidirectional antenna. To provide a reference for the observed results we consider a simple propagation model, which is analyzed theoretically and via simulation. This model is found to match our empirical results very well.
KW - Channel models
KW - directive antennas
KW - gain reduction factor
KW - outdoor-indoor wireless links
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84924872962&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TWC.2014.2366462
DO - 10.1109/TWC.2014.2366462
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84924872962
SN - 1536-1276
VL - 14
SP - 1447
EP - 1456
JO - IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
JF - IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
IS - 3
M1 - 6942285
ER -