Angle-of-Arrival Statistics of a Three-Dimensional Geometrical Scattering Channel Model for Indoor and Outdoor Propagation Environments

Author

Alsehaili, Mohammad ; Noghanian, Sima ; Buchanan, Douglas A. ; Sebak, Abdel Razik

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Volume

9

fYear

2010

fDate

7/2/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

946

Lastpage

949

Abstract

In this letter, a three-dimensional geometrical scattering channel model is introduced to simultaneously describe the angular distribution of multipath waves in the azimuth and the elevation angles. The angle-of-arrival probability density functions of the received multipath waves are provided. These functions facilitate independent control of the angular spread in both the azimuth and the elevation angles via the model´s parameters. To establish the model verification, it has been compared against the results from a site-specific propagation prediction technique at indoor and outdoor wireless communication environments.

Keywords

direction-of-arrival estimation; indoor radio; multipath channels; angle-of-arrival probability density functions; angular distribution; indoor wireless communication; multipath waves; outdoor wireless communication; three-dimensional geometrical scattering channel model; Azimuth; Channel models; Ellipsoids; Numerical models; Solid modeling; Three dimensional displays; Wireless communication; Angle of arrival (AOA); geometrical scattering model; three-dimensional (3-D) propagation model;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2010.2081335

Filename

5585807