The recent growth in cellular communications has rapidly created a need for more radio channels. In order to make better use of the available frequency bands new access techniques such as TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), FDMA (Frequency DMA) and CDMA (Code DMA) have been introduced. Still, the need for new channels is strong and new frequency bands have therefore been allocated for future wireless communication systems. These new communication systems, e.g. the European Personal Communication Network (PCN: 1710-1880MHz) and the North American Personal Communication System (PCS: 1850-1990MHz), use frequencies about twice as high as their predecessors (e.g. AMPS: 824-894MHz and GSM: 880-960MHz). However, at a time when our downtown areas already are littered with basestation antennas, operators are not keen to install more. Therefore, dual-band antennas have gained an increased interest. They would allow the operators to replace two antennas for separate frequency bands with one only, thus, reducing the windload of the towers and perhaps most importantly reducing the cost of installation.
QCR 20181015