Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
5-31-1990
Degree Name
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Gerald Martin Whitman
Second Advisor
Edip Niver
Third Advisor
Haim Grebel
Abstract
Research to expand the capability of indoor, portable, radio frequency links for voice and data transmission is being pursued worldwide. Sophisticated communication systems using digital portable radio telephones have been proposed. To accomplish this goal, it is necessary to ascertain the attenuation of electromagnetic signal propagation inside buildings. Because modeling of the indoor environment at radio frequencies is very complicated, most publications document experimental results. In this study,. a theoretical model is proposed for predicting path loss inside buildings. The theory involves a waveguide model of the indoor environment which permits a rigorous modal solution similar to that developed by Mahmoud and Wait for propagation in tunnels. Comparisons of the theory with the measurements made by Arnold, Murray and Cox at the AT&T Laboratories building in Crawford Hill, NJ, show good agreement.
Recommended Citation
Kim, Kyu-Sung, "A Theoretical model for radio attenuation inside buildings" (1990). Theses. 2799.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/2799
