Path Loss Models for Air-to-Ground Radio Channels in Urban Environments

Author

Feng, Qixing ; McGeehan, Joe ; Tameh, Eustace K. ; Nix, Andrew R.

Author_Institution

Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ.

Volume

6

fYear

2006

fDate

7-10 May 2006

Firstpage

2901

Lastpage

2905

Abstract

This paper provides new statistical models for air-to-ground channels in an urban environment. The model is derived to operate at frequencies from 200 MHz to 5 GHz. Issues such as path loss and shadowing are evaluated as a function of the elevation angle to the airborne platform, rather than the more usual separation distance used for terrestrial mobile communications. Results demonstrate the advantages of an air-to-ground channel for urban communication, and relayed peer-to-peer links in particular

Keywords

mobile radio; statistics; wireless channels; 200 MHz to 5 GHz; air-to-ground radio channels; airborne platform; elevation angle; path loss models; relayed peer-to-peer links; shadowing; statistical models; terrestrial mobile communications; urban environments; Cities and towns; Frequency; Mobile communication; Optical receivers; Peer to peer computing; Propagation losses; Ray tracing; Relays; Shadow mapping; Solid modeling; Radio propagation; air-to-ground channel; path loss; shadowing; statistical channel models; urban environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2006. VTC 2006-Spring. IEEE 63rd

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

ISSN

1550-2252

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9391-0

Electronic_ISBN

1550-2252

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2006.1683399

Filename

1683399