Channel Models for Mobile-to-Mobile Cooperative Communication Systems: A State of the Art Review

Author

Talha, Batool ; Pätzold, Matthias

Volume

6

Issue

2

fYear

2011

fDate

6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

33

Lastpage

43

Abstract

This article provides a tutorial survey on channel models for mobile-to-mobile (M2M) cooperative communication systems. The spotlight is on nongeometrical stochastic channel models assuming non-line-of-sight (NLOS) and line-of-sight (LOS) propagation conditions. Furthermore, the studied systems range from very simple configurations, such as a single relay dual-hop arrangement with no direct link between the source mobile station and the destination mobile station, to quite demanding situations characterized by dual-hop multirelay configurations, where the direct link is unobstructed. It has been shown that M2M cooperative channels are strongly dependent on the systems´ topology. They can exhibit more severe fading than classical Rayleigh channels with completely different first- and second-order envelope statistics.

Keywords

Rayleigh channels; cooperative communication; mobile communication; telecommunication network topology; Rayleigh channel; destination mobile station; dual hop multirelay configuration; envelope statistics; mobile-to-mobile cooperative communication system; non-line-of-sight propagation condition; nongeometrical stochastic channel model; single relay dual hop arrangement; source mobile station; system topology; Channel models; Cooperative systems; Mobile communication; Spread spectrum communication; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Vehicular Technology Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1556-6072

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MVT.2011.940793

Filename

5770990