Modelling Wireless Signal Fading in Boreal Forests

Both the spatial and temporal distributions of received signal power in wireless communications are often modeled as log-normal without any further discussion. This paper presents a field study of temporal signal fading in a test site situated in an area of boreal forest near Mandy Lake, Alberta. In it we give a statistical verification of the assumption that temporal signal fading obeys the log-normal distribution. Some conclusions based on wireless signal propagation are also made.