Characterisation of System Performance of GPS Antennas in Mobile Terminals Including Environmental Effects

Ur Rehman, M. , Gao, Y., Chen, X., Parini, C.G. and Ying, Z. (2009) Characterisation of System Performance of GPS Antennas in Mobile Terminals Including Environmental Effects. In: 2009 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Berlin, Germany, 23-27 Mar 2009, ISBN 9781424447534

Abstract

Incident waves on a GPS antenna on mobile terminals suffer from multipath effects due to reflection, diffraction and scattering from environmental objects including buildings, trees, vehicles and ground. A traditional electromagnetic approach to analyse the GPS antenna performance is therefore unable to give a correct account of the antenna working in a real multipath environment. A new technique to characterise these environmental effects on the GPS antenna is presented in this paper, defined by three parameters; GPS Mean Effective Gain (MEG GPS ), GPS Angle of Arrival (AoA GPS ) distribution and GPS Coverage Efficiency (eta c ).

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Ur Rehman, Dr Masood
• Authors: Ur Rehman, M., Gao, Y., Chen, X., Parini, C.G., and Ying, Z.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering
• ISSN: 2164-3342
• ISBN: 9781424447534