Markov modeling of slow fading in wireless mobile channels at 1.9 GHz

Author

Su, Tao ; Ling, Hao ; Vogel, Wolfhard J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA

Volume

46

Issue

6

fYear

1998

fDate

6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

947

Lastpage

948

Abstract

A Markov model is constructed for the slow-fade characteristics of a wireless mobile channel in a city environment at 1.9 GHz. A signal trace is first generated based on a prescribed driving pattern and a measurement database. This trace is then divided into states according to its magnitude and a state transition matrix is constructed by examining the frequency of state transitions. Our results show that the statistical properties including cumulative density function, level crossing rate, and power spectrum of the sequences generated from such Markov model are in good agreement with those of the original signal trace

Keywords

Markov processes; UHF radio propagation; fading; land mobile radio; matrix algebra; multipath channels; statistical analysis; 1.9 GHz; Markov modeling; UHF; city environment; cumulative density function; driving pattern; level crossing rate; magnitude; measurement database; multipath; power spectrum; propagation environment; sequences; signal trace; slow fading; state transition matrix; statistical properties; wireless mobile channels; Area measurement; Cities and towns; Databases; Density functional theory; Fading; Frequency conversion; Power generation; Rayleigh channels; Signal generators; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.686786

Filename

686786