An Efficient Approach for the Fast Isolation Assessment of Co-located 5G Antennas

Deployment plans of Base Stations depend on the maximum number of antennas that can be installed on the same infrastructure and their separation distances is strictly related to the isolation assessment. In fact, closely spaced antennas can lead to an increase in electromagnetic coupling with consequent degradation in the performance of the overall radio system. In this work, we propose a novel approach to speed up the calculation of isolation value among co-located antennas on the same 5G cell tower; the methodology here presented allows us to overcome the current limitations of commercial software or long measurement campaigns.