| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R59830/01 |
| Title: |
Radio wave propagation between indoor environments of different buildings for future communication systems |
| Principal Investigator: |
Stavrou, Dr S |
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Sch of Electronics & Physical Sciences |
| Organisation: |
University of Surrey |
| Scheme: |
Fast Stream |
| Starts: |
01 April 2002 |
Ends: |
31 March 2005 |
Value (£): |
66,047
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| RF & Microwave Technology |
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Radio wave propagation between buildings has not been yet studied, since currently in most cases coverage inside buildings is provided by outdoor base stations. Due to the increasing number of mobile radio users, the need to increase capacity especially in urban areas has become crucial. Since one of the most effective ways to increase capacity of a cellular system is by reducing the cell size, it might be possible that in the near future base stations might be frequently deployed inside buildings to provide a smaller coverage radius through the use of directional antennas and by utilising the building itself as a physical attenuator. In this way the coverage could be restrained within the building, leak controllably outside to provide coverage to the perimeter of the building or even directed to provide coverage to a neighbouring building.For this reason a building to building model will be developed to characterise this communication channel in order to address coverage or intreference issues between buildings. Results from the measurement campaign will be used to validate the proposed model and test the validity of using any existing or modified outdoor to indoor or indoor propagation models for the same purpose. Measurements to define the transmission loss of common building materials will be also performed mainly to examine the relation between transmission loss versus frequency to test if there are building materials (windows etc.) which can act as frequency selective materials.
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