Research Article

Experimental UWB Propagation Channel Path Loss and Time-Dispersion Characterization in a Laboratory Environment

Table 1

Measurement system parameters.

Parameter Value

VNA output power +15 dBm
VNA SPAN (Bandwidth) 7.5 GHz
VNA center frequency 6.85 GHz
VNA IF Bandwidth 10 kHz
Average antenna gain 2.5 dB
Average LNA gain 12 dB
Antennas height 1.5 m
Total cables length 20.5 m
Cable attenuation at 3.1 GHz 0.33 dB/m
Cable attenuation at 10.6 GHz 0.64 dB/m