Title :
Small-scale fading determination with a ray-tracing model, and statistics of the field
Author :
Leao, T.F.C. ; Trueman, C.W.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
A ray-tracing model based on geometrical optics is used to predict the small-scale fading in a conventional indoor environment. The simulated field strengths are compared to measured fields and the fading of the field is shown to follow the Ricean probability distribution.
Keywords :
electric fields; monopole antennas; ray tracing; statistical distributions; Ricean probability distribution; electric field; geometrical optics; indoor environment; monopole antenna; ray-tracing model; small-scale fading determination; Antenna measurements; Computational modeling; Electric fields; Fading; Geometrical optics; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0461-0
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2012.6348880
