Analysis of fading statistics based on angle of arrival measurements

Author

Loni, Zia M. ; Ullah, Rahat ; Khan, Noor M.

Author_Institution

COMSATS Inst. of Inf. Technol., Abbotabad, Pakistan

fYear

2011

fDate

7-9 March 2011

Firstpage

314

Lastpage

319

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze various spatial channel measurements using their second order statistics like level crossing rate, average fade duration, auto covariance and coherence distance. Occurrence rates of the angle of arrival in considering macro, micro and Pico cellular environment are used for the analysis. Effect of directional antennas employed at the base station and mobile station on second order statistics is also analyzed. We also present the quantative analysis of the measurements using multipath shape factors i.e. angle spread, the angular constriction and direction of maximum fading. Effect of increasing Doppler spread on the LCR and AFD is also elaborated in detail.

Keywords

Doppler effect; direction-of-arrival estimation; directive antennas; fading channels; higher order statistics; microcellular radio; mobile antennas; picocellular radio; Doppler spread; angle of arrival measurements; average fade duration; base station; coherence distance; directional antenna effect; fading statistics analysis; level crossing rate; macrocellular environment; microcellular environment; mobile station; multipath shape factors; picocellular environment; second order statistics; spatial channel measurements; Antenna measurements; Azimuth; Buildings; Fading; Indoor environments; Receivers; Shape; Angle of arrival; Average fade durations; Level crossing rates; multipath shape factors; spatial measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology (iWAT), 2011 International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9133-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWAT.2011.5752364

Filename

5752364