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Wireless RF Distribution in Buildings Using Heating and Ventilation Ducts

Christopher P. Diehl, Benjamin E. Henty, Nikhil Kanodia, and Daniel D. Stancil. Wireless RF Distribution in Buildings Using Heating and Ventilation Ducts. In William H. Tranter, Theodore S. Rappaport, Brian D. Woerner, and Jeffrey H. Reed, editors, Wireless Personal Communications: Emerging Technologies for Enhanced Communications,, pp. 61–70, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA, USA, 1999.

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Abstract

An alternative method of distributing RF in buildings is proposed in which the heating and ventilation ducts are used as waveguides. Because of the relatively low waveguide loss, this method may lead to more efficient RF distribution than possible with radiation through walls or the use of leaky coax. Further, the use of existing infrastructure could lead to a lower-cost system. Initial experimental results are presented that demonstrate duct-assisted propagation between nearby offices in a university building. An example method is described for obtaining efficient coupling between coax and 8"x12" rectangular duct over the 902-928 MHz ISM band.

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  author = {Christopher P. Diehl and Benjamin E. Henty and Nikhil Kanodia and
	Daniel D. Stancil},
  title = {Wireless RF Distribution in Buildings Using Heating and Ventilation
	Ducts},
  booktitle = {Wireless Personal Communications: Emerging Technologies for Enhanced
	Communications,},
  publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
  year = {1999},
  editor = {William H. Tranter and Theodore S. Rappaport and Brian D. Woerner
	and Jeffrey H. Reed},
  pages = {61--70},
  address = {Norwell, MA, USA},
  abstract = {An alternative method of distributing RF in buildings is proposed
	in which the heating and ventilation ducts are used as waveguides.
	Because of the relatively low waveguide loss, this method may lead
	to more efficient RF distribution than possible with radiation through
	walls or the use of leaky coax. Further, the use of existing infrastructure
	could lead to a lower-cost system. Initial experimental results are
	presented that demonstrate duct-assisted propagation between nearby
	offices in a university building. An example method is described
	for obtaining efficient coupling between coax and 8"x12" rectangular
	duct over the 902-928 MHz ISM band.},
  book = {Wireless personal communications: emerging technologies for enhanced
	communications},
  isbn = {0-7923-8359-1},
  pdf = {henty_mprg_1998.pdf},
  url = {http://www.eirp.org/~henty/refs/henty_mprg_1998.pdf},
}

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