Experimental characterization of an UWB channel in outdoor environment

Author

Al-Samman, Ahmed M. ; Chude-Okonkwo, Uche A. K. ; Ngah, Razali ; Nunoo, Solomon

Author_Institution

Wireless Commun. Centre, Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

fYear

2014

fDate

7-9 March 2014

Firstpage

91

Lastpage

94

Abstract

An experimental characterization of the ultrawide-band (UWB) channel in an outdoor environment over the frequency range from 3.1 GHz to 5.3 GHz is presented in this paper. The measurements are taken in time domain and line-of-sight (LOS). The statistical model for the delay spread is characterized and there is no correlation between delay spread and transmitter receiver distance. Different statistical distributions for the delay spread are investigated. The reflective nature of this environment is shown in the Ricean K-factor.

Keywords

Rician channels; ultra wideband communication; wireless channels; Ricean K-factor; UWB channel; delay spread; frequency 3.1 GHz to 5.3 GHz; line of sight; outdoor environment; statistical distributions; statistical model; time domain; ultrawide band channel; Antenna measurements; Delays; Receiving antennas; Time-domain analysis; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless communication; Ricean K-factor; delay pread; ultrawideband (UWB) measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing & its Applications (CSPA), 2014 IEEE 10th International Colloquium on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3090-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSPA.2014.6805727

Filename

6805727