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The impact of antenna selection and location on the performance of DAS in a multi-storey building

Alade, Temitope and Zhu, Huiling and Osman, Hassan (2013) The impact of antenna selection and location on the performance of DAS in a multi-storey building. In: 2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC). IEEE, pp. 3213-3218. ISBN 978-1-4673-5938-2. E-ISBN 978-1-4673-5937-5. (doi:10.1109/WCNC.2013.6555077) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:35773)

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Abstract

It is well known that providing high data rate wireless mobile services is a major challenge in indoor environments, particularly in multi-storey buildings. One way to achieve high data rate wireless transmissions is to reduce the radio transmission distance between the transmitter and the receiver by using distributed antenna systems (DASs) employing frequency reuse. However, due to the reuse of the limited available frequency spectrum, co-channel interference can severely degrade system performance. In this paper, the uplink performance of an in-building DAS with frequency reuse is studied, where remote antenna units (RAUs) deployed on each floor throughout the building are connected to a central unit (CU) where received signals are processed. The impact of RAU selection and location strategies on the performance of the interference-limited system is analysed by using a propagation channel model derived from multi-floor, in-building measurement results. The proposed scheme exploits the penetration loss of the signal through the floors, resulting in frequency reuse in spatially separated floors, which increases system spectral efficiency and also reduces co-channel interference. RAU location is shown to be a dominant factor influencing the levels of co-channel interference, and consequently, have a major implications on system performance.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1109/WCNC.2013.6555077
Uncontrolled keywords: buildings; signal to noise ratio; interchannel interference; Manganese; propagation losses; modulation
Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User: P.S.P. Yapp
Date Deposited: 29 Oct 2013 15:38 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Feb 2021 12:48 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/35773 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Alade, Temitope.

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Zhu, Huiling.

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Osman, Hassan.

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