DocumentCode
1025051
Title
A simple digital fading simulator for mobile radio
Author
Casas, Eduardo ; Leung, Cyril
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Volume
39
Issue
3
fYear
1990
fDate
8/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
205
Lastpage
212
Abstract
An instrument capable of simulating the multipath fading associated with VHF/UHF mobile radio channels is described. The implementation is simple, flexible, economical, and allows the fading waveforms to be repeated exactly. The control section, the quadrature modulator, and the method by which the simulator was tested are described. Level crossing rate and probability distribution function measurements over a wide range of Doppler frequencies indicate good agreement with theoretical results
Keywords
digital instrumentation; digital radio systems; digital simulation; fading; mobile radio systems; probability; Doppler frequencies; VHF/UHF mobile radio channels; control section; digital fading simulator; fading waveforms; level crossing rate; multipath fading; probability distribution function measurements; quadrature modulator; Fading; Instruments; Land mobile radio; Microprocessors; Probability distribution; Radio frequency; Registers; Signal generators; Switches; UHF measurements;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9545
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/25.131001
Filename
131001
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