Title :
FDTD modeling and characterization of the indoor radio propagation channel in the 434 MHz ISM band
Author :
Papamichael, V. ; Soras, C. ; Makios, V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Patras Univ., Greece
Abstract :
In this paper the fundamental aspects of indoor radio propagation are presented and the possibility to characterize a dynamic channel by means of a static model based on the finite difference time domain method (FDTD) is examined. A 3D office environment is simulated in the 434 MHz ISM band for the characterization of channel operation according to the dominating distortions. The obtained results, which are in agreement with the theoretical values, verify that the channel operation is slow flat fading with No ISI making the application of the spatial diversity the most appropriate scheme.
Keywords :
UHF radio propagation; diversity reception; finite difference time-domain analysis; indoor radio; office environment; 3D office environment; 434 MHz; 434 MHz ISM band; FDTD modeling; channel characterization; channel operation; finite difference time domain method; indoor radio propagation; spatial diversity; Coherence; Computer errors; Electromagnetic propagation; Finite difference methods; Indoor environments; Indoor radio communication; Random processes; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Statistical analysis; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics and Communications, 2003. ICECom 2003. 17th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
953-6037-39-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICECOM.2003.1290993
