Temporal variations characterization for fixed wireless at 29.5 GHz

Author

Naz, N. ; Falconer, D.D.

Author_Institution

Nortel Networks, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2178

Abstract

The reliability of the communication channel is one of the most important issues for successful deployment of LMCS/LMDS systems. This paper focuses on the temporal variations of the signal because of passing vehicles and foliage movement imparted from wind. CW measurements at 29.5 GHz with the transmitter and receiver at fixed locations were carried out for a maximum distance of 1.5 km between transmitting and receiving antennas. The presented results include power profile at various locations, cumulative distribution function of received signal strength, autocorrelation function, power spectral density, level crossing rates, duration of fades and interfade statistics. The Kolmogrov Smirnov test is also performed to find the closeness of the acquired data with standard fading channel models

Keywords

broadband networks; fading channels; microwave propagation; radio networks; radio receivers; radio transmitters; receiving antennas; statistical analysis; transmitting antennas; 1.5 km; 29.5 GHz; CW measurements; Kolmogrov Smirnov test; LMCS/LMDS systems; SHF; autocorrelation function; communication channel reliability; cumulative distribution function; fade duration; fixed locations; fixed wireless; foliage movement; interfade statistics; level crossing rates; maximum distance; passing vehicles; power profile; power spectral density; propagation measurements; received signal strength; receiver; receiving antenna; standard fading channel models; temporal variations; transmitter; transmitting antenna; wind; Antenna measurements; Autocorrelation; Communication channels; Distribution functions; Receiving antennas; Statistical distributions; Testing; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference Proceedings, 2000. VTC 2000-Spring Tokyo. 2000 IEEE 51st

Conference_Location

Tokyo

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5718-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2000.851658

Filename

851658