Evaluation of a simplified Random-LOS measurement setup for characterizing antennas on cars
Paper in proceedings, 2017
The automotive industry is in need of reliable, accurate yet cost-effective over-the-air (OTA) characterization methods of the communications systems installed on cars. This paper analyses the scattering contributions to spurious variations of receive signals in a Random Line-of-Sight (Random-LOS) measurement setup in a semi-anechoic chamber. Figures of merit are the delay spread and the dynamic variations of the receive signals. Transmission measurements were performed on a two-element LTE shark-fin antenna mounted on the roof of a Volvo XC90. We show that by using a vertically oriented uniform linear array, with vertically polarized bowtie antenna elements, we can efficiently remove the unwanted ground reflection present when a single bowtie antenna is used. We also show that the improvement depends on the position of the antennas mounted on the car as well as on the azimuthal angle.
measurements
antenna
vehicular
Random Line-Of-Sight
RLOS
anechoic chamber