Title :
Level-crossing rates and average fade duration for wireless channels with spatially complicated multipath
Author :
Durgin, Gregory D. ; Rappaport, Theodore S.
Author_Institution :
Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
This paper derives equations that describe level-crossing rates and average fade durations for mobile receivers operating in spatially complicated multipath channels. The results are useful for describing fading statistics for wireless systems that operate in realistic propagation channels or employ smart antennas, adaptive arrays, or other technologies that lead to a non-omnidirectional distribution of multipath power in space
Keywords :
Rayleigh channels; adaptive antenna arrays; land mobile radio; multipath channels; radio receivers; radiowave propagation; statistical analysis; time-varying channels; adaptive arrays; average fade duration; directional Rayleigh fading channel model; equations; fading statistics; level-crossing rates; mobile receivers; multipath power; nonomnidirectional distribution; nonomnidirectional propagation; propagation channels; smart antennas; spatially complicated multipath; time-varying channel models; wireless channels; wireless systems; Adaptive arrays; Equations; Fading; Frequency; Narrowband; Rayleigh channels; Space technology; Statistical distributions; Statistics; Threshold voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1999. GLOBECOM '99
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeireo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5796-5
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1999.831675
