Title :
Wideband Channel Characterization in a Tropical Forested Area
Author :
Meng, Yu Song ; Lee, Yee Hui ; Ng, Boon Chong
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
This paper presents a wideband measurement and characterization of a tropical forested channel. Complex channel impulse response measurements were carried out at 240 MHz for static transmit and receive antennas. Measured power delay profiles indicate significant multipath components following the dominant propagating wave. Relevant parameters such as RMS delay spread, Rician K factor et al. have been estimated. The measurement results indicate that the coupling effect of the antenna array at the receiver side and the tropical weather can influence the quality of the received signal significantly.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; channel estimation; multipath channels; radiowave propagation; wireless channels; antenna array; coupling effect; power delay; wideband tropical forested channel. complex channel impulse response; Acoustic noise; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Delay; Noise figure; Position measurement; Receiving antennas; Scattering; Time measurement; Wideband; VHF propagation; channel impulse response; forest; wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2007. APMC 2007. Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Bangkok
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0748-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0749-1
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2007.4554872
