Time-domain analysis of measurements on scaled urban models with comparisons to ray-tracing propagation simulation

Author

Erricolo, Danilo ; Crovella, Umberto G. ; Uslenghi, Piergiorgio L E

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL, USA

Volume

50

Issue

5

fYear

2002

fDate

5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

736

Lastpage

741

Abstract

This work deals with propagation prediction for wireless communications in urban environments. Its purpose is to clearly distinguish the different field contributions collected by the receiving antenna through a series of wide-band frequency measurements and a time-domain (TD) analysis of the obtained results. The experimental data are then compared to the field predictions given by a ray-tracing electromagnetic wave propagation simulator. The application of this research lies in the modeling of the urban channel for wireless communication systems of the third generation such as UMTS and beyond

Keywords

cellular radio; digital simulation; electromagnetic fields; microwave propagation; ray tracing; receiving antennas; time-domain analysis; 19 to 27 GHz; SHF; UMTS; attenuation; field predictions; mean delay; multipath propagation; propagation prediction; radiowave propagation; ray-tracing electromagnetic wave propagation simulator; ray-tracing propagation simulation; receiving antenna; scaled urban models measurement; third generation communication systems; time-domain analysis; urban channel modeling; urban environments; wide-band frequency measurements; wireless communications; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Broadband antennas; Frequency measurement; Ray tracing; Receiving antennas; Time domain analysis; Time series analysis; Urban planning; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2002.1011241

Filename

1011241