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Measurements to Support Public Safety Communications: Attenuation and Variability of 750 MHz Radio Wave Signals in Four Large Building Structures: NIST Technical Note 1552

August 7, 2009
Author(s)
William F. Young, Kate Remley, John M. Ladbury, Christopher L. Holloway, Chriss A. Grosvenor, Galen H. Koepke, Sander Floris, Wouter Numan, Andrea Garuti
In this report, we investigate radio communication problems faced by emergency responders (firefighters, police, and emergency medical personnel) in disaster situations. A fundamental challenge to radio communications into and out of large buildings is the

Standard Radio CommunicationTest Method for Mobile Ground Robots

March 31, 2009
Author(s)
Kate Remley, Galen H. Koepke
This paper describes a proposed standard method for conducting a performance evaluation of wireless communications links used for the control and telemetry systems on mobile ground robots. Range performance metrics are determined under open line-of-sight

Using Reverberation Chambers to Determine the Shielding Effectiveness of Physically Small, Electrically Large Enclosures/Cavities

November 20, 2008
Author(s)
Christopher L. Holloway, David A. Hill, Marco Sandroni, John M. Ladbury, Jason B. Coder, Galen H. Koepke, Andrew C. Marvin
With the proliferation of small electric devices in recent years, along with various other applications, there is a growing need to test and determine the shielding properties or shielding effectiveness (SE) of physically small (but electrically large)

Source Stirring Technique for Reverberation Chambers; Experimental Investigation

September 8, 2008
Author(s)
Galen H. Koepke, Christopher L. Holloway, John M. Ladbury, David A. Hill, Valter Primiani, Paola Russo, Carlo Monteverde
The paper shows the source stirring technique from an experimental point of view. This technique exhibits good statistics for S21. The results illustrate that the field in the cavity has very similar characteristics to the field in a reverberation chamber

Use of Reverberation Chamber to Simulate the Power Delay Profile of a Wireless Environment

September 8, 2008
Author(s)
Christopher L. Holloway, E Genender, Catherine A. Remley, John M. Ladbury, Galen H. Koepke, H Garbe
Multipath propagation environment effects, such as frequency-selective fading, have a strong impact on the quality of the wireless channel. For example, multipath can impact bit error rate (BER) differently than Gaussian noise. For testing wireless devices

NIST Tests of the Wireless Environment in Automobile Manufacturing Facilities

September 1, 2008
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley, Galen H. Koepke, Chriss A. Grosvenor, John M. Ladbury, Dennis G. Camell, Jason B. Coder, Robert Johnk
This report describes tests carried out by members of the NIST Electromagnetics Division to study the wireless environment in automotive manufacturing facilities. Testing was performed at three facilities during 2006 and 2007. We studied an assembly plant

Wireless Communications in Tunnels for Urban Search and Rescue Robots

August 18, 2008
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley, George Hough, Galen H. Koepke, Dennis G. Camell, Robert Johnk, Chriss A. Grosvenor
We report on propagation tests carried out in a subterranean tunnel to support improved wireless communications for urban search and rescue robots. We describe single-frequency and ultrawideband channel-characterization tests that we conducted, as well as

Attenuation of Radio Wave Signals Coupled Into Twelve Large Building Structures

August 1, 2008
Author(s)
Christopher L. Holloway, William F. Young, Galen H. Koepke, Catherine A. Remley, Dennis G. Camell, Yann Becquet
In this report, we investigate radio communication problems faced by emergency responders (firefighters, police and emergency medical personnel) in disaster situations. A fundamental challenge to communications into and out of large buildings is the strong

Electromagnetic Airframe Penetration Measurements of a Beechcraft Premier IA

August 1, 2008
Author(s)
Chriss A. Grosvenor, David R. Novotny, Dennis G. Camell, Galen H. Koepke, Robert Johnk
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has recently completed shielding effectiveness/penetration studies on three different aircraft types for the Federal Aviation Administration. The studies are used to understand the cavity coupling

Electromagnetic Airframe Penetration Measurements for the FAA Bombardier Global 5000

June 2, 2008
Author(s)
Chriss A. Grosvenor, David R. Novotny, Dennis G. Camell, Galen H. Koepke, Robert Johnk
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has recently completed shielding effectiveness/penetration studies on three different aircraft types for the Federal Aviation Administration. The studies are used to understand the cavity coupling

Radio Communications for Emergency Responders in High-Multipath Outdoor Environments

June 2, 2008
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley, Galen H. Koepke, Christopher L. Holloway, Chriss A. Grosvenor, Dennis G. Camell
We present measurement data to support technology and standards development for broadband, digitally modulated radio communications used by emergency responders. Measurements were carried out at an oil refinery, representing a class of high-multipath

Electromagnetic Airframe Penetration Measurements of the FAA's 737-200

May 2, 2008
Author(s)
Chriss A. Grosvenor, David R. Novotny, Dennis G. Camell, Galen H. Koepke, Robert Johnk, Seturnino Canales
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has completed shielding effectiveness/penetration studies on three different aircraft types for the Federal Aviation Administration. The studies are used to understand the cavity coupling characteristics

Measurements to Support Modulated-Signal Radio Transmissions for the Public-Safety Sector

April 1, 2008
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley, Galen H. Koepke, Christopher L. Holloway, Chriss A. Grosvenor, Dennis G. Camell, John M. Ladbury, Robert Johnk, David R. Novotny, William F. Young, George Hough, Michael McKinley, Yann Becquet, John Korsnes
We report on measurements of parameters utilized for characterization of broadband wireless technologies proposed for use by emergency responders (firefighters, police, and emergency medical personnel) and other public-safety personnel. We designed a

Evaluation of the electromagnetic penetration of the NASA space shuttle endeavour using an ultra wideband measurement system

July 8, 2007
Author(s)
Robert T. Johnk, Robert Scully, David R. Novotny, Chriss A. Grosvenor, Nino Canales, Dennis G. Camell, Galen H. Koepke
This paper summarizes a joint NIST-NASA measurement effort to evaluate the electromagnetic penetration of the shuttle Endeavour. NASA is concerned about the effects that microwave imaging radar systems might have on critical avionics systems on its fleet

Standards Development for Wireless Communications for Urban Search and Rescue Robots

February 26, 2007
Author(s)
Kate Remley, Galen H. Koepke, Elena R. Messina, Adam S. Jacoff, George Hough
To gather data in support of standards development for urban search and rescue robots, NIST is conducting a series of field tests to quantify the functionality and performance of various candidate robots. During these tests, manufacturers bring robots that

On the Use of Reverberation Chambers to Simulate a Controllable Rician Radio Environment for the Testing of Wireless Devices.

November 1, 2006
Author(s)
Christopher L. Holloway, David A. Hill, John M. Ladbury, Perry F. Wilson, Galen H. Koepke, Jason Coder
With the proliferation of wireless devices in recent years, there is a growing need to test the operation and functionality of these various devices in different multipath radio propagation environments, ranging from a direct line-of-sight environment to a

Propagation and Detection of Radio Signals Before, During, and After the Implosion of a Large Convention Center

October 1, 2006
Author(s)
Christopher L. Holloway, Galen H. Koepke, Dennis G. Camell, Catherine A. Remley, Susan A. Schima, M. McKinley, Robert T. Johnk
In this report, we investigate radio communications problems faced by emergency responders (firefighters and police) in disaster situations such as collapsed buildings. A fundamental challenge to communications into and out of large buildings is the strong

Shielding And Attenuation Properties of Large Buildings and Structures

September 4, 2006
Author(s)
Christopher L. Holloway, Galen H. Koepke, Dennis G. Camell, Kate Remley, S. A. Schima, Dylan Williams
For various applications, there is a growing need to understand the shielding and/or attenuation properties of large buildings and structures. In this paper, we present experimental data for the coupling of electromagnetic fields into various types of

Radio Communications for Emergency Responders in Large Public Buildings: Comparing Analog and Digital Modulation

March 7, 2006
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley, Marc Rutschlin, Dylan F. Williams, Robert T. Johnk, Galen H. Koepke, Christopher L. Holloway, Mike G. Worrell, Andy MacFarlane
To assess in-building radio coverage, in 2004 the City of Phoenix Fire Department carried out extensive testing of their radio systems. They deployed firefighters in standard configurations in a variety of buildings, and rated on a scale of 1 to 5 the

Requirements for an Effective Reverberation Chamber: Unloaded or Loaded

February 1, 2006
Author(s)
Christopher L. Holloway, David A. Hill, Galen H. Koepke, John M. Ladbury
In this paper we present two versions of a threshold metric for the purpose of accessing the effectiveness of a reverberation chamber. One metric is based on the chamber quality factor (Q), and the other is based on the volume of the loaded reverberation

Propagation and Detection of Radio Signals Before, During, and After the Implosion of a Large Sports Stadium (Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia)

October 1, 2005
Author(s)
Christopher L. Holloway, Galen H. Koepke, Dennis G. Camell, Catherine A. Remley, Dylan F. Williams, Susan A. Schima, Seturnino Canales
In this report, we investigate radio communications problems faced by emergency responders (firefighters and police) in disaster situation such as collapsed buildings. A fundamental challenge to communications into and out of large buildings is the strong
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