Air-to-Indoor Propagation Measurements with a focus on Low RF-based Navigation

Ignacio Rodríguez; Melisa López; Wahyudin P. Syam; David Scott; Alejandro  Pérez-Conesa; Rigas T. Ioannides

doi:10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133424

Air-to-Indoor Propagation Measurements with a focus on Low RF-based Navigation

Ignacio Rodríguez, Melisa López, Wahyudin P. Syam, David Scott, Alejandro Pérez-Conesa, Rigas T. Ioannides

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Abstract

Providing global communication, navigation and positioning with outdoor systems might be challenging in indoor and deep indoor situations, due to the limited penetration capabilities of the radio signals into buildings. The use of drones as radio source platforms and low radio frequencies might help alleviate the problem due to improved propagation characteristics in terms of elevation angle and coupling into construction materials. This paper explores air-to-indoor propagation based on an operational proof-of-concept navigation system working at 133, 401.5 and 500~MHz in two different building scenarios. The results demonstrate the favorable radio propagation conditions experienced by the setup, which resulted in viable outdoor transmission of navigation signals into indoor and deep indoor locations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) 2023
Number of pages	5
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	May 2023
Article number	10133424
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-7541-9
ISBN (Electronic)	9788831299077
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133424
Publication status	Published - May 2023
Event	2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) - Florence, Italy Duration: 26 Mar 2023 → 31 Mar 2023

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Conference	2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	26/03/2023 → 31/03/2023

Keywords

air-to-indoor propagation
building penetration loss
drone-based measurements
low radio-frequency
navigation
radio propagation

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Air-to-Indoor Propagation Measurements with a focus on Low RF-based Navigation

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