Title :
Mean and variance of the local maxima of a Rayleigh fading envelope
Author :
Narasimhan, Ravi ; Cox, Donald C.
Author_Institution :
Marvell Semicond., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Abstract :
A derivation is provided for the mean and variance of the local maxima of a Rayleigh fading envelope. The calculation is performed for a uniform 2-D angular distribution of incident power using the autocorrelation function given in the book by Jakes (1974). This calculation is useful to obtain estimates of the mean received signal strength over a given spatial averaging interval.
Keywords :
Rayleigh channels; correlation theory; land mobile radio; radio reception; Rayleigh fading envelope; autocorrelation function; incident power; local maxima; mean; mean received signal strength; spatial averaging interval; uniform 2-D angular distribution; variance; Autocorrelation; Power control; Radio link; Random processes; Rayleigh channels; Statistical distributions; Two dimensional displays; Wireless communication;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/4234.892199
