TITLE:
Correction Factor for Power Gain in Antenna Arrays
AUTHORS:
Vinay B. Ramakrishnaiah, Robert F. Kubichek, Suresh S. Muknahallipatna
KEYWORDS:
Antenna Arrays, Power Gain, Gain Correction, Link Budget
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Communications, Network and System Sciences,
Vol.11 No.3,
March
28,
2018
ABSTRACT: Antenna array gain is a relative measure of performance defined differently in various literature. Most definitions of gain are not power consistent, and thus cannot be used directly in link budget analysis. In this short paper, we present a power correction factor for common definitions of power gain of antenna arrays that allows them to be used in standard link budget calculations.