Novel Antenna Techniques For High Performance Indoor Wireless Communication Systems For Home and Business

Funding: 2001: $22,292
2002: $22,292
2003: $22,292

Funding or Partner Organisation: Optus (Optus Partner Funds)
Australian Research Council (ARC SPIRT (Strategic Partnerships with Industry Re)

Start year: 2001

Summary: Wireless delivery of broadband information services is becoming major focus of the telecommunication industry. High-speed wireless communications inside buildings using wireless LANs operating at around 5 GHz will form the basis of the next generation systems. In this project it is proposed to develop multipath mitigation techniques for indoor wireless transmission. The indoor channel at 5GHz will be completely characterized using modeling techniques and measurements in home and office environments. These models will be used to develop novel antenna techniques to combat multipath. Expected outcomes include smart antenna techniques, indoor vector channel models at 5 GHz, and methods for improving coverage.

Publications:

Tang, Z & Sanagavarapu, AM 2006, 'An investigation of MIMO performance in the indoor Ricean environment', Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 99-113.
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Tang, Z & Sanagavarapu, AM 2005, 'Experimental Investigation of Indoor MIMO Ricean Channel Capacity', Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 4, pp. 55-58.
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Tang, Z & Sanagavarapu, AM 2005, 'Impact of clustering in indoor MIMO propagation using a hybrid channel model', Eurasip Journal On Applied Signal Processing, vol. 2005, no. 11, pp. 1698-1711.
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Tang, Z & Sanagavarapu, AM 2005, 'Characterize the indoor multipath propagation for MIMO communications', 2005 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Suzhou, China, pp. 2782-2785.
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Tang, Z & Sanagavarapu, AM 2005, 'Effect of the strongest multipath component on indoor MIMO performance', Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, IEEE, Washington DC, USA, pp. 727-730.
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Tang, Z & Sanagavarapu, AM 2005, 'Indoor MIMO Performance based on MIMO Channel Measurements', IASTED - Antennas, Radar, and Wave Propagation, ACTA Press, Banff, Canada.

Tang, Z & Sanagavarapu, AM 2004, 'Effects of Signals Clustering on the Capacity of Indoor MIMO channels', Proceedings of The 2004 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP'04), International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP'04), The Institute of Electronic, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Sendai City, Japan, pp. 321-324.

Tang, Z & Sanagavarapu, AM 2005, 'Indoor Directional Channel Modelling for Future Wireless Communications', Proceedings of 2004 IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE, Monterey, USA, pp. 3657-3660.

Tang, Z & Sanagavarapu, AM 2004, 'Performance of Beamforming and MIMO Technique in an Indoor Ricean Clustering Channel', Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Antennas, Radar and Wave Propagation (ARP 2004), The UASTED International Conference: Antennas, Radar, and Wave Propagation, ACTA Press, Banff, Canada, pp. 218-221.

Sanagavarapu, AM & Tang, Z 2003, 'A Hybrid Indoor MIMO Channel Model Using Signal Clusters for Wireless Communication', The 14th IEEE 2003 International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Proceedings, IEEE International Symposium on Personal and Indoor Mobile Radio Conference, IEEE Press and Publishing House of Electronics Industry, Beijing International Conference Centre, China, pp. 1815-1818.

Tang, Z & Sanagavarapu, AM 2003, 'A Correlated Indoor MIMO Channel Model', IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering Proceedings, The Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), IEEE Canada, Montreal, Canada, pp. 1889-1892.

Tang, Z & Sanagavarapu, AM 2003, 'Evaluation of the Performance of Indoor MIMO Systems', 2003 6th International Symposium on Antennas, Propagation and EM Theory Proceedings, International Symposium on Antennas, Propagation and EM Theory (ISAPE), IEEE Press, Beijing, China, pp. 553-555.

Tang, Z & Sanagavarapu, AM 2003, 'Modelling of a Non-Isotropic Indoor MIMO Channel', IEEE Antennas and Propagaiont Society International Symposium - Volume 1, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE, Columbus, Ohio, USA, pp. 114-117.

Tang, Z & Sanagavarapu, AM 2003, 'The Effect of Mutual Coupling Between Antenna Elements on the Performance of Indoor MIMO Systems', Proceedings of APMC'03, Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, The Korea Electromagnetic Engineering Society (KEES), Sheraton Walker Hotel, Seoul, Korea, pp. 1764-1767.

Keywords: Channel modeling; Wireless LANs; Indoor communication; Wave propagation; Smart antennas; multipath

FOR Codes: Microwave and Millimetrewave Technology, Antenna Technology, Radio Communications and Broadcasting not elsewhere classified, Communication services not elsewhere classified, Microwave and Millimetrewave Theory and Technology, Communications Technologies not elsewhere classified, Antennas and Propagation