On the Relationship between Field Amplitude Distribution, Its Maxima Distribution, and Field Uniformity inside a Mode-Stirred Reverberation Chamber
A mode-stirred reverberation chamber (RC) is nowadays a commonly accepted performing tool for over-the-air (OTA) communication system evaluation, and their standardization is underway. Before performing active measurements of wireless communication systems using an RC, field uniformity inside the RC...
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| author | M. A. García-Fernández C. Decroze D. Carsenat N. Arsalane G. Andrieu |
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| description | A mode-stirred reverberation chamber (RC) is nowadays a commonly accepted performing tool for over-the-air (OTA) communication system evaluation, and their standardization is underway. Before performing active measurements of wireless communication systems using an RC, field uniformity inside the RC working volume has to be measured following the calibration method described in IEC standards 61000-4-21 and 61000-4-3, which requires 24 calibration measurements of field amplitude. In this contribution, we present the statistical laws that describe electromagnetic field maxima distribution, and based on them, a novel expression that could be useful to obtain a lower limit for the number of stirrer positions required at least to obtain a specific value for the normalized dispersion used to evaluate field uniformity with the IEC calibration method, being therefore of particular interest for OTA measurements. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f54307e8d79e4efbbfbe3a4c933a6ef32025-02-03T05:47:36ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772012-01-01201210.1155/2012/483287483287On the Relationship between Field Amplitude Distribution, Its Maxima Distribution, and Field Uniformity inside a Mode-Stirred Reverberation ChamberM. A. García-Fernández0C. Decroze1D. Carsenat2N. Arsalane3G. Andrieu4OSA Department, XLim Laboratory, UMR CNRS 6172, University of Limoges, 123 avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, FranceOSA Department, XLim Laboratory, UMR CNRS 6172, University of Limoges, 123 avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, FranceOSA Department, XLim Laboratory, UMR CNRS 6172, University of Limoges, 123 avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, FranceOSA Department, XLim Laboratory, UMR CNRS 6172, University of Limoges, 123 avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, FranceOSA Department, XLim Laboratory, UMR CNRS 6172, University of Limoges, 123 avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, FranceA mode-stirred reverberation chamber (RC) is nowadays a commonly accepted performing tool for over-the-air (OTA) communication system evaluation, and their standardization is underway. Before performing active measurements of wireless communication systems using an RC, field uniformity inside the RC working volume has to be measured following the calibration method described in IEC standards 61000-4-21 and 61000-4-3, which requires 24 calibration measurements of field amplitude. In this contribution, we present the statistical laws that describe electromagnetic field maxima distribution, and based on them, a novel expression that could be useful to obtain a lower limit for the number of stirrer positions required at least to obtain a specific value for the normalized dispersion used to evaluate field uniformity with the IEC calibration method, being therefore of particular interest for OTA measurements.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/483287 |
| spellingShingle | M. A. García-Fernández C. Decroze D. Carsenat N. Arsalane G. Andrieu On the Relationship between Field Amplitude Distribution, Its Maxima Distribution, and Field Uniformity inside a Mode-Stirred Reverberation Chamber International Journal of Antennas and Propagation |
| title | On the Relationship between Field Amplitude Distribution, Its Maxima Distribution, and Field Uniformity inside a Mode-Stirred Reverberation Chamber |
| title_full | On the Relationship between Field Amplitude Distribution, Its Maxima Distribution, and Field Uniformity inside a Mode-Stirred Reverberation Chamber |
| title_fullStr | On the Relationship between Field Amplitude Distribution, Its Maxima Distribution, and Field Uniformity inside a Mode-Stirred Reverberation Chamber |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Relationship between Field Amplitude Distribution, Its Maxima Distribution, and Field Uniformity inside a Mode-Stirred Reverberation Chamber |
| title_short | On the Relationship between Field Amplitude Distribution, Its Maxima Distribution, and Field Uniformity inside a Mode-Stirred Reverberation Chamber |
| title_sort | on the relationship between field amplitude distribution its maxima distribution and field uniformity inside a mode stirred reverberation chamber |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/483287 |
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