Echo Characterization Based on Maximum-Likelihood Estimation for Antenna-Measurement Correction [Measurements Corner]

Antenna measurement systems could be affected by multipath effects resulting in reflected beams that might modify the measured values. In this paper, the use of the Maximum Likelihood estimator provides the basis of several post-processing methods able to estimate the echo parameters in imperfect antenna measurements. Once the reflections are characterized, these parameters are used to correct the measured values and to retrieve the actual radiation pattern corresponding to the antenna under test. Some different techniques are proposed in order to perform such cancellation. Experimental validation is also presented to show the accuracy of the described methods.

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