Average Rician <i>K</i>-Factor Based Analytical Uncertainty Model for Total Radiated Power Measurement in a Reverberation Chamber



Jia, Tianyuan, Huang, Yi ORCID: 0000-0001-7774-1024, Xu, Qian, Hua, Qiang ORCID: 0000-0003-3125-9587 and Chen, Lyuwei
(2020) Average Rician <i>K</i>-Factor Based Analytical Uncertainty Model for Total Radiated Power Measurement in a Reverberation Chamber. IEEE ACCESS, 8. pp. 198078-198090.

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Abstract

Total radiated power (TRP) is commonly accepted as an important figure of merit (FoM) for evaluating the over-the-air (OTA) performance of wireless devices enabled by the emerging fifth generation (5G) mobile communication technology. The statistically homogeneous and isotropic electromagnetic (EM) environment created by a reverberation chamber (RC) makes it an accurate, efficient, and economic testing facility for TRP measurement. In this paper, an improved analytical uncertainty model which is based on the average Rician K-factor (Kavg) and the number of independent samples is proposed for TRP measurement using an RC. It has the flexibility to allow different stirring configurations in the calibration stage and the measurement stage, and gives insight into the measurement uncertainty without the tedious and inefficient empirical estimation processes. Estimators of Kavgare modelled and analyzed. Specifically, the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of Kavgis validated by the Monte Carlo simulation, and its unbiased correction is derived accordingly for improved uncertainty model accuracy. Extensive 9-Point estimation measurements are also conducted in order to evaluate the performance of the proposed analytical model.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Average Rician K-factor, fifth generation (5G), independent sample number, measurement uncertainty, over-the-air (OTA) testing, reverberation chamber (RC), statistical analysis, total radiated power (TRP)
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 09 Dec 2020 15:29
Last Modified: 05 Oct 2023 12:09
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3035124
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3035124
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3109776