• DocumentCode
    2149321
  • Title

    Small-scale fading determination with a ray-tracing model, and statistics of the field

  • Author

    Leao, T.F.C. ; Trueman, C.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    8-14 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A ray-tracing model based on geometrical optics is used to predict the small-scale fading in a conventional indoor environment. The simulated field strengths are compared to measured fields and the fading of the field is shown to follow the Ricean probability distribution.
  • Keywords
    electric fields; monopole antennas; ray tracing; statistical distributions; Ricean probability distribution; electric field; geometrical optics; indoor environment; monopole antenna; ray-tracing model; small-scale fading determination; Antenna measurements; Computational modeling; Electric fields; Fading; Geometrical optics; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0461-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2012.6348880
  • Filename
    6348880