Polarization Dispersion Characteristics of Propagation Paths in Urban Mobile Communication Environment

Abstract

SUMMARYIn order to employ Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) techniques, multiple antenna branches are necessary and as a consequence the installation space requirements are increased. Since the installation space is limited, much attention is now focused on utilizing polarization characteristics in MIMO configurations to relax the requirements. This is called Orthogonal Polarization-MIMO in this paper. To evaluate accurately the performance of Orthogonal Polarization-MIMO, a channel model that can handle the polarization dispersion characteristics of propagation paths is essential. Up to now, the spatial-temporal dispersion characteristics of paths have been investigated in detail. However, there are only a few reports on the polarization dispersion characteristics. In this paper, we propose a new power profile for the rotational polarized angle as an evaluation model for polarization dispersion, and clarify the analyzed power profile based on measurement data in an urban macrocell environment.