The Effective Radiation Pattern Concept for Realistic Performance Estimation of LTE Wireless Systems

Radio channels induce distortions to the radiation pattern of beamforming systems such as beam broadening as well as sidelobe level and null rising. If these effects are ignored, the system performance is overestimated. This paper proposes the simple concept of an effective radiation pattern (ERP) c...

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Main Authors: Dimitra Zarbouti, George Tsoulos, Georgia Athanasiadou, Constantinos Valagiannopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/746831