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Mobile terminal GPS antennas in multipath environment and effects of human body presence

  • Masood Ur-Rehman
  • , Yue Gao
  • , Xiaodong Chen
  • , Clive G. Parini
  • , Zhinong Ying

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Abstract

Electromagnetic waves transmitted by GPS satellite arriving at a GPS mobile terminal antenna undergo reflection, diffraction and scattering from various environmental objects in the vicinity. It results in the formation of a multipath arrival of the wave at the receiving mobile terminal antenna. The traditional approaches to analyse the antenna performance are therefore, not capable to describe the performance of the GPS antenna efficiently in the multipath environment. A new technique to characterise these environmental effects on the GPS antenna was presented and verified. Human body is the integral part of mobile terminal applications and its degrading effects are well established. This paper extends the study to investigate the effects of the presence of the human body in the proximity of the GPS mobile terminal antennas working in the multipath environment.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationnan
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4244-2720-8
ISBN (Print)978-1-4244-2720-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2009
Event2009 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference - Loughborough
Duration: 16 Nov 200917 Nov 2009

Conference

Conference2009 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference
CityLoughborough
Period16/11/0917/11/09
Other2009 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (16/11/2009-17/11/2009, Loughborough )

Keywords

  • GPS (Global Positioning System)

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