Frequency Dependence of 2–5 GHz Polarized UWB Channel Parameters in Office Environment

The ultrawideband (UWB) propagation channel is analyzed by means of measurements carried out in the 2-5 GHz frequency band in an office environment for different scenarios. Measurements were performed for different polarizations on the transmitting and receiving arrays so the effect of the signal polarization can be also taken into account in the analysis. The main contribution of this paper is not only the analysis of path loss and RMS delay spread in a bandwidth of 3 GHz, but also the influence of frequency on such parameters. The relationship between the path loss for copolar configurations and the cross-polarization discrimination (XPD), both in space and frequency domain, is also addressed.