Title :
Repeatability of large-scale signal variations in urban environments
Author :
Smith, W. Mark ; Cox, Donald C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper quantifies the repeatability of largescale signal variations in an urban propagation environment. We propose a model and use field measurements taken in downtown San Francisco to quantify how similar the received signals appear when a mobile receiver revisits the same general area. The results establish bounds for repeated measurements within a given street that are taken on different days as well as in different lanes.
Keywords :
cellular radio; fading channels; multipath channels; radiowave propagation; cellular infrastructure; large-scale signal variation repeatability; mobile receiver; repeated measurements; signal-strength databases; urban propagation environments; Area measurement; Databases; Drives; Fading; Fluctuations; Large-scale systems; Resource management; System performance; Time measurement; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2003. VTC 2003-Fall. 2003 IEEE 58th
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7954-3
DOI :
10.1109/VETECF.2003.1284969
