Title :
Narrow-band small area microcellular mobile radio channel characterization using ray tracing technique
Author :
Abbas, Syed A. ; Sheikh, Asrar U H
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. & Comput. Eng., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
The simulation of a microcellular mobile radio propagation environment is performed using a modified ray tracing technique. The modified ray tracing also accounts for building edge diffraction using Keller´s geometrical theory of diffraction. Narrowband small area statistics are investigated by fitting Nakagami, Rice and Rayleigh distributions. The physical significance of Nakagami `m´ parameter is presented. It may be used for system design
Keywords :
Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; cellular radio; fading; geometrical theory of diffraction; land mobile radio; ray tracing; simulation; Keller´s geometrical theory of diffraction; Nakagami distribution; Rayleigh distribution; Rice distribution; building edge diffraction; microcellular mobile radio channel characterization; modified ray tracing; simulation; small area statistics; system design; Antennas and propagation; Base stations; Cities and towns; Diffraction; Land mobile radio; Mobile antennas; Narrowband; Ray tracing; Receiving antennas; Statistical distributions;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 1993., 43rd IEEE
Conference_Location :
Secaucus, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1267-8
DOI :
10.1109/VETEC.1993.507542
