Title :
Short range forest channel modeling in the 5 GHz band
Author :
Matolak, David W. ; Yang, Feng-Cheng ; Riley, H. Bryan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of EECS, Ohio Univ. Athens, Athens, OH, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a wireless channel characterization for a short-range, temperate, medium density forest environment. This environment and frequency band have not been thoroughly characterized. We conducted measurements at a center frequency of 5.12 GHz with a 50MHz bandwidth signal and obtained impulse response estimates. Measured results for delay spread are presented; mean root-mean square delay spread values range from 64 to 87 ns, for link distances up to approximately 110 m. Maximum delay spreads were approximately 360 ns. The presented models should be useful for wireless system design and optimization in the 5 GHz band forest setting.
Keywords :
mean square error methods; optimisation; transient response; wireless channels; bandwidth 5 GHz; forest environment; impulse response; mean root mean square delay; optimization; short range forest channel; wireless channel; wireless system design; Bandwidth; Channel models; Correlation; Delay; Fading; Frequency measurement; Wireless communication; Mobile-Mobile; Wireless Channel Modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206514