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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 48 Number 2, February 2000

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Directional Macro-Cell Channel Characterization from Urban Measurements

Alexander Kuchar, Student Member, IEEE Jean-Pierre Rossi and Ernst Bonek Senior Member, IEEE

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Abstract:

We measured the angular power distribution at the mobile station in downtown Paris at 890 MHz. The transmit antenna was omnidirectional and placed high above rooftops. The receiver antenna, a 21 × 41 element rectangular synthetic array, was located on the roof of a van. The refined high-resolution evaluation method, particularly robust against nonstationary signal components, allows an angular resolution of better than 1° in both azimuth and elevation and a delay resolution of 33 ns. Combined angular/temporal domain measurements are crucial for the understanding of the propagation mechanisms. The evaluated sites showed strongly street-dominated propagation. We found a combined circular and rectangular distribution of scatterers around the mobile station in street-dominated environments. Propagation over the roofs was significant; typically 65% of energy was incident with elevation larger than 10°. Our results corroborate the hypothesis on the importance of multiple reflections/diffractions in urban macro cells. We explain this behavior by two reasons: narrow streets favoring a canyon effect and strong scatterers without line-of-sight (LOS) to the mobile station.

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