Characteristics of radio propagation channels in tunnel environments: a statistical analysis

Author

Kwon, Hongil ; Kim, Youngmoon ; Lee, Bomson

Author_Institution

Dept. of Radio Eng., Kyunghee Univ., Suwon, South Korea

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

20-25 June 2004

Firstpage

2995

Abstract

The propagation characteristic in tunnel environments is very different from that in free space. Measurements for both strong and weak fading phenomena regions have been performed to characterize the channels in a tunnel. The direct and reflected waves of the received power have been separated, and the ratio of the reflected wave to the direct wave is used to estimate a parameter, K. The tunnel propagation channels have been analyzed for variation of the K parameter with distance. The signal was received in the form of a Rician channel with the reflected and the direct waves. With the channel characterized using the K parameter, in a short section, where the receive antenna is near the transmit antenna, the received signal distribution fitted a Gaussian channel, while it fitted the Rayleigh channel in long sections.

Keywords

Gaussian channels; Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; electromagnetic wave reflection; indoor radio; radiowave propagation; statistical analysis; Gaussian channel; Rayleigh channel; Rician channel; direct waves; propagation characteristic; radio propagation; radio propagation channels; reflected waves; statistical analysis; strong fading; tunnel environments; weak fading; Fading; Gaussian channels; Parameter estimation; Performance evaluation; Radio propagation; Rayleigh channels; Receiving antennas; Rician channels; Statistical analysis; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8302-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2004.1332008

Filename

1332008