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This article reports results of indoor polarization diversity propagation measurements and simulations made for a simple controlled environment in which a 900 MHz (CW) vertically polarized signal is transmitted from a fixed emitter to a mobile receiver. The receiver is equipped with a two branch diversity system, which makes possible the application of polarization diversity in order to reduce the deep fades that affect the signal envelope. A channel model of an indoor environment, based on ray tracing and on the uniform theory of diffraction, is used to describe the environment as a set of structures with electromagnetic properties, and results in a detailed description of the fading experienced by a communication system. Examples of comparisons of measurement and simulation results are presented.
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Otmani, M., Lecours, M. Indoor radio measurements and simulations with polarization diversity. Wireless Personal Communications 3, 243–256 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354873
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