Loh, T H; Scialacqua, L; Dirix, M; Pivnenko, S; Saporetti, M A; Saccardi, F; Foged, L J; Sierra-Castaner, M; Breinbjerg, O (2024) The EurAAP Working Group on Antenna Measurements: Highlights over Two Decades. In: 2024 Antenna Measurement Techniques Association Symposium (AMTA), 27 October 2024 - 1 November 2024, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

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Abstract

The European Association on Antennas and Propagation (EurAAP) working group (WG) on measurements (WG5) was founded in 2009, following the works done within the Sixth Framework Program of the European Union (EU) Antenna Center of Excellence (ACE) during the 2004-2008 period. It constitutes a framework for cooperation to advance research and development of antenna measurements in support of the ever-increasing use of wireless technology in modern society. Also, this WG has established a long-term cooperation with the different European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) actions in antenna area (specifically COST-VISTA (Versatile, Integrated, and Signal-Aware Technologies for Antennas) [4]), AMTA and IEEE. Its activities cover various areas of antenna measurements and are sub-divided into different tasks. This includes, for example, measurements and comparisons of reference antennas, self-assessment measurements of facilities, revisions of IEEE antenna measurement standards, emerging techniques for antenna over-the-air (OTA) measurements and cooperate with EurAAP software and modeling tools WG.
Over the past two decades, many measurement facilities have been involved in various international comparison campaigns led and supported by EurAAP WG5. These activities play an important role for the documentation and validation of laboratory proficiency and competence, helping to improve the antenna measurement procedures/protocols in facilities and standards such as ISO 17025. The analysis and data elaboration have promoted discussions among the antenna measurement community experts and have led to modernization of comparison techniques. The WG5 international inter-comparison campaigns cover a frequency range starting at ultra-high frequency (UHF) band up to V band using different reference antennas, including for example, a 12 GHz Validation Standard (VAST-12) antenna, a millimeter-wave validation standard (mm-VAST) antenna, a set of multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) planar inverted-F antennas (PIFAs), a SH800 ultra-wideband horn, a BTS1800 base station antenna, a SR40-A offset reflector, and a set of chip reference antennas. This paper highlights the EurAAP WG5 activities over the past two decades including updates on the new inter-comparison campaigns based on: 1) for the first time a low directive antenna, an MVG SMC2200 monocone antenna (see Figure 1) on a circular ground plane and 2) a RUN mXTEND small internet of things (IoT) antenna (in collaboration with the EurAAP software and modeling tool WG with the aim of promoting the benefits of the synergy between measurement and simulation modelling tools).

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Electromagnetics > Wireless Communications
Divisions:	Electromagnetic & Electrochemical Technologies
Last Modified:	26 Sep 2025 13:23
URI:	https://eprintspublications.npl.co.uk/id/eprint/10229