Presentation 2021-11-11
A Study of the Relationship between Antenna Height and K-factor with Drone Relay Stations
Shun Dohi, Kentaro Nishimori, Wataru Yamada, Nobuaki Kuno,
PDF Download Page PDF download Page Link
Abstract(in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Abstract(in English) Currently, the use of microwave and millimeter-wave bands is being considered for outdoor applications to cope with the increase in communication traffic due to the diversification of wireless communications such as the IoT. In these frequency bands, the propagation loss factor is about three to four powers when the transmission and reception propagation paths are out of sight, so it is necessary to find a way to reduce the propagation loss. We proposed a LoS-MIMO transmission method using a drone as a relay station, where the received power and the K-factor, which is the ratio of the power of standing waves to irregular waves, are known to affect the performance of LoS-MIMO. Therefore, we measured the received power using a drone in the 5/26 GHz band. This study clarifies how the K-factor changes when the antenna height is changed. From the experimental propagation loss, the relationship between the antenna height and the K-factor is shown in a simple equation.
Keyword(in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Keyword(in English) Drone Relay Station / K-factor / Antenna height
Paper # AP2021-113
Date of Issue 2021-11-03 (AP)

Conference Information
Committee AP / RCS
Conference Date 2021/11/10(3days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) NBC-Bekkan (Nagasaki)
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Adaptive Antenna, Equalization, Interference Canceler, MIMO, Wireless Communications, etc.
Chair Hiroshi Yamada(Niigata Univ.) / Eiji Okamoto(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.)
Vice Chair Mitoshi Fujimoto(Fukui Univ) / Toshihiko Nishimura(Hokkaido Univ.) / Tomoya Tandai(Toshiba) / Fumihide Kojima(NICT)
Secretary Mitoshi Fujimoto(NTT DOCOMO) / Toshihiko Nishimura(National Defense Academy) / Tomoya Tandai(NEC) / Fumihide Kojima(Panasonic)
Assistant Dr. Kim(Niigata Univ.) / Koichi Adachi(Univ. of Electro-Comm.) / Osamu Nakamura(Sharp) / Manabu Sakai(Mitsubishi Electric) / Masashi Iwabuchi(NTT) / Tatsuki Okuyama(NTT DOCOMO)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Antennas and Propagation / Technical Committee on Radio Communication Systems
Language JPN
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Sub Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Title (in English) A Study of the Relationship between Antenna Height and K-factor with Drone Relay Stations
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Drone Relay Station
Keyword(2) K-factor
Keyword(3) Antenna height
1st Author's Name Shun Dohi
1st Author's Affiliation Niigata University(Niigata Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Kentaro Nishimori
2nd Author's Affiliation Niigata University(Niigata Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Wataru Yamada
3rd Author's Affiliation NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories(NTT)
4th Author's Name Nobuaki Kuno
4th Author's Affiliation NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories(NTT)
Date 2021-11-11
Paper # AP2021-113
Volume (vol) vol.121
Number (no) AP-233
Page pp.pp.71-74(AP),
#Pages 4
Date of Issue 2021-11-03 (AP)