Effect of plastering mesh on radio signals: Modelling and practical measurements

Ari Asp; Arto Hujanen; Ismo Huhtinen; Jussa Pikkuvirta; Mikko Valkama

doi:10.1109/EuCNC48522.2020.9200927

Effect of plastering mesh on radio signals: Modelling and practical measurements

Ari Asp^*
, Arto Hujanen
, Ismo Huhtinen
, Jussa Pikkuvirta
, Mikko Valkama

^*Corresponding author for this work

Tampere University

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Abstract

The improvement of the energy efficiency of a building is often one of the reasons for the renovation of building facades. During such renovations, the energy efficiency is usually improved by increasing the thickness of insulation layer. The increased insulation layer increases the overall thickness of the wall, and to compensate for that, a new thin façade material is often sought. As a result, plastering has gained more and more popularity recently. However, especially in the case of thick plastering, a plaster mesh is often used to fix a layer of material, and this paper investigates the effect of the mesh on radio signal attenuation. This study shows that the plastering mesh significantly increases the overall wall attenuation, especially at lower frequencies used by mobile networks. The attenuation caused by the mesh is frequency dependent and decreases with increasing frequency. The attenuation behavior is entirely determined by the mesh size of the mesh.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 European Conference on Networks and Communications, EuCNC 2020
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	68-73
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-4355-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-4356-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EuCNC48522.2020.9200927
Publication status	Published - Jun 2020
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	29th European Conference on Networks and Communications, EuCNC 2020: Online - Virtual, Dubrovnik, Croatia Duration: 15 Jun 2020 → 18 Jun 2020

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Series	European Conference on Networks and Communications
Volume	2020
ISSN	2475-6490

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Conference	29th European Conference on Networks and Communications, EuCNC 2020
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Dubrovnik
Period	15/06/20 → 18/06/20

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Energy-efficient buildings
Outdoor-to-indoor propagation
Penetration loss
Plastering net
Radiowave propagation
RF measurements

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Asp, A, Hujanen, A, Huhtinen, I, Pikkuvirta, J & Valkama, M 2020, Effect of plastering mesh on radio signals: Modelling and practical measurements. in 2020 European Conference on Networks and Communications, EuCNC 2020., 9200927, IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, European Conference on Networks and Communications, vol. 2020, pp. 68-73, 29th European Conference on Networks and Communications, EuCNC 2020, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 15/06/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/EuCNC48522.2020.9200927

Effect of plastering mesh on radio signals: Modelling and practical measurements. / Asp, Ari; Hujanen, Arto; Huhtinen, Ismo et al.
2020 European Conference on Networks and Communications, EuCNC 2020. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2020. p. 68-73 9200927 (European Conference on Networks and Communications, Vol. 2020).

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