Suppression of power level fluctuations at leaky coaxial cable ends using ferrite cores

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Contributors

  • Julia Engelbrecht - , Chair of Transport Systems Information Technology, Dresden University of Applied Sciences (HTW) (Author)
  • Ralf Collmann - , Dresden University of Applied Sciences (HTW) (Author)
  • Ulrich Birkel - , FH Giessen-Friedberg (Author)
  • Mark Weber - , FH Giessen-Friedberg (Author)

Abstract

Leaky coaxial cables are not only used for radio coverage but also for indoor positioning and navigation. For positioning with RF fingerprinting the received signal power levels at various positions are measured and stored in a radio map. The accuracy of this positioning method strongly depends on the reliability of the radio map. Therefore, the power level fluctuations have to be suppressed, to get a higher localization accuracy. With approaches like averaging the measured power levels by frequency, time, place and antenna polarization some improvement was achieved, but the reachable indoor positioning accuracy could not be used for practical application. In this paper constructive approaches are investigated to suppress power level fluctuations by using ferrite cores and variations of slot apertures.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 German Microwave Conference (GeMiC)
PublisherIEEE Xplore
ISBN (electronic)978-3-9812668-2-5, 978-3-9812668-3-2
ISBN (print)978-1-4244-9225-1
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesGerman Microwave Conference (GeMiC)
ISSN2167-8022

Conference

Title2011 German Microwave Conference, GeMiC 2011
Duration14 - 16 March 2011
CityDarmstadt
CountryGermany

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-4860-6840/work/141544612

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

Keywords

  • Coaxial transmission lines, electromagnetic coupling, indoor radio communication