Indoor Distributed Antenna Systems for Multi-Storey Buildings

Temitope Alade, Jiangzhou Wang

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Abstract

One of the main targets of the fifth generation (5G) mobile communication systems and beyond is providing high data rate wireless transmissions and ubiquitous coverage to users. To support increasing subscriber populations in indoor environments, indoor wireless communication systems are required, but frequency spectrum allocations are limited and requires reuse of the limited spectrum. In order to design efficient and reliable indoor communication systems, a thorough understanding of the reuse distance is vital. This paper investigates a number of important issues associated with indoor radio propagation and frequency reuse planning in multi-storey buildings employing indoor distributed antenna system (DAS), where distributed remote antenna units (RAUs) supported by a central unit (CU) communicate with mobile equipment (MEs). In the DAS, co-channel interference caused by frequency reuse is a restraining factor as the frequency reuse distances are generally smaller. The effect of different reuse distances, penetration losses, pathloss exponents, and co-channel interference on spectral efficiency is analysed and performance evaluated over a wide range of potential ME locations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE 87th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2018 - Proceedings
PublisherThe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages1-5
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538663554
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jul 2018
Event87th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2018 - Porto, Portugal
Duration: 3 Jun 20186 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameIEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
Volume2018-June
ISSN (Print)1550-2252

Conference

Conference87th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2018
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityPorto
Period3/06/186/06/18

Keywords

  • Co-channel interference
  • Distributed antenna system (DAS)
  • Multi-floor in-building propagation
  • Spectral efficiency

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