Paper Info
Title
Measurement of the influence of antenna pattern on radio frequency propagation in a concrete tunnel
Abstract
This paper investigates the influence of antenna pattern on radio frequency (RF) propagation in tunnel/mining environments. Propagation measurement results in a concrete tunnel using different antennas, i.e., omni-directional, Yagi, patch, and circular, are reported. Extensive measurements are carried out in various scenarios which include vertical, horizontal, and circular polarization for line-of-sight propagation (LoS) at four frequencies (455, 915, 2450, and 5800 MHz) that are common to many voice and data transport radio systems used in underground mines. The results show that antenna pattern has a strong influence on the uniformity of RF propagation gain in the near zone and does not significantly affect propagation behavior in the far zone except for a constant gain offset.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/RWS.2018.8304958
2018 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Tunnel Propagation,ray tracing,antenna pattern,waveguide
Circular polarization,Radiation pattern,Ray tracing (graphics),Waveguide,Radio frequency,Acoustics,Offset (computer science),Radio propagation,Data transport,Physics
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2164-2958
978-1-5386-0711-4
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ronald Jacksha100.34
Chenming Zhou2475.03
Sunderman, C.341.86