More complete probability density functions for fading in mobile communications

Author

Durgin, Gregory D. ; Rappaport, Theodore S. ; de Wolf, David A.

Author_Institution

Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36342

Firstpage

985

Abstract

This paper presents new envelope PDFs (probability density functions) that describe small-scale, local area fading experienced by narrowband wireless receivers. It develops novel PDFs that describe the local area fading of two coherent multipath components in the presence of other diffuse propagating waves. Analytical expressions, graphical analysis, and applicability of the PDFs are presented. These new PDFs appear to be general equations for modeling local area multipath fading since they contain Rayleigh and Rician PDFs as special cases, and also model local area fading that often defies characterization by classical PDFs

Keywords

fading channels; land mobile radio; multipath channels; probability; radio receivers; Rayleigh PDF; Rician PDF; coherent multipath components; diffuse propagating waves; envelope PDF; graphical analysis; local area multipath fading; mobile communications; narrowband wireless receivers; probability density functions; small-scale fading; Fading; Failure analysis; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Narrowband; Power generation; Probability density function; Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999 IEEE 49th

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5565-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1999.780496

Filename

780496