Improving the wireless communication system at a large Antwerp car factory

The car factory experienced many communication problems within their factory, due to (new) requirements of the Belgian Federal Communication authorities (BIPT) to limit the height of the antennas to 12 m above ground level. This paper deal with the challenge to guarantee a 95% in this factory, with a large amount of moving metallic parts. The solution turned out to be an array of 4 antennas complemented with an auxiliary antenna.