Wireless Communication

Chapter: Wireless Channels

Properties of the

Mobile Radio Propagation Channel


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Table of Contents

Properties of the Mobile Radio Propagation Channel

Statistical Description of Multipath Fading

The Mobile Radio Propagation Channel

Time Dispersion Frequency dispersion

Fading is characterised by two distinct mechanisms

Time dispersion of narrowband signal (single frequency)

Doppler shift

Doppler Spectrum

Derivation of Doppler Spectrum

Vertical Dipole

How do systems handle Doppler Spreads?

Autocorrelation of the signal

Derivation of Autocorrelation of IQ-components

For uniform angle of arrival

Relation between I and Q phase

Autocorrelation of amplitude R2 = I2 + Q2

How to handle fast multipath fading?

Frequency Dispersion

Frequency Dispersion: Delay Profile

RMS Delay Spread and Maximum delay spread

Typical Delay Spreads

Typical Delay Profiles

How do systems handle delay spreads?

Frequency and Time Dispersion

Scatter Function of a Multipath Mobile Channel

Correlation of Fading vs. Frequency Separation

Inphase and Quadrature-Phase Components

PPT Slide

Normalized Envelope Covariance

PPT Slide

Coherence Bandwidth

Effects of fading on modulated radio signals

Effects of Multipath (I)

Effects of Multipath (II)

Time Dispersion Revisited

Time Dispersion Revisited: Duration of Fades

Two-state Model

Level crossings per second

Derivation of Level Crossings per Second

Covariance matrix of (I, Q, I’, Q’)

Joint PDF of R, R’, F, F’

Level Crossings per Second

Average Fade / Nonfade Duration

Average nonfade duration

How to handle long fades when the user is stationary?

Optimal Packet length

Optimal Packet length

Derivation of Optimal Packet length

Average fade duration

Conclusion

Author: J.P. Linnnartz

 



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