Dependence of radio channel characteristics on terrain variability in hilly/mountainous regions

Author

Lu, Jonathan S. ; Bertoni, Henry L. ; Han, Alexander X. ; Chrysanthou, Chrysanthos ; Boksiner, Jeffery

Author_Institution

Wireless Internet Center for Adv. Technol., Polytech. Inst. of New York Univ., Brooklyn, NY, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

7-10 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

441

Lastpage

446

Abstract

This paper investigates how the temporal response and spatial fading statistics for mobile-to-mobile links in hilly and mountainous terrain depend on terrain variations. Fading statistics are generated from Monte Carlo simulations using several terrain databases. These simulations employ a computer code that accounts for diffraction over terrain obstacles and for non-specular scattering from terrain elements. Based on the simulations, we have developed path loss, slow fading, and tapped delay line models for use in the evaluation of communication systems.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; delay lines; fading channels; mobile radio; radio links; statistical analysis; Monte Carlo simulation; communication system; computer code; mobile-to-mobile link; mountainous region; nonspecular scattering; radio channel characteristics; spatial fading statistics; tapped delay line model; temporal response; terrain database; terrain obstacle; terrain variability; Computational modeling; Databases; Delay; Delay lines; Fading; Propagation losses; Scattering; Tirem; mountain; non-specular; path gain; path loss; rural propagation; scattering; slow fading; tapped delay line;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE, 2011 - MILCOM 2011

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

ISSN

2155-7578

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0079-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2011.6127709

Filename

6127709