Simulation of fading statistics in hilly/mountainous terrain

Author

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

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2011

fDate

11-15 April 2011

Firstpage

3284

Lastpage

3288

Abstract

This paper discusses Monte Carlo simulations of the fading statistics that would be observed for mobile-to-mobile links in hilly and mountainous terrain. Several terrain databases are employed for the simulations. Their terrain heights are scaled so that the dependence of fading statistics on terrain standard deviation can be investigated. The simulations make use of a computer code that accounts for diffraction over terrain obstacles and for non-specular scattering from terrain elements. Based on the simulations, simple propagation models are created that can be used in the evaluation of communication systems.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; electromagnetic wave scattering; fading; mobile radio; radio links; statistics; terrain mapping; visual databases; Monte Carlo simulation; fading statistics simulation; hilly terrain; mobile-to-mobile links; mountainous terrain; nonspecular scattering; terrain database; terrain obstacle; terrain standard deviation; Computational modeling; Correlation; Databases; Fading; Propagation losses; Radio transmitters; Scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0250-1

Type

conf

Filename

5782283