Characterization of the indoor-outdoor radio propagation channel at 2.4 GHz

Author

Ahmed, Irfan ; Orfali, Sara ; Khattab, Tamer ; Mohamed, Amr

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. & Eng. Dept., Qatar Univ., Doha, Qatar

fYear

2011

fDate

19-22 Feb. 2011

Firstpage

605

Lastpage

608

Abstract

We present the site-specific signal strength measurement results for path loss, shadowing, and fading in 2.4GHz band under typical harsh environment (high temperature 40-50 C and humidity 80-90%). We use spectrum analyzer Rohde & Schwarz FSH8 and InSSIDer (free software for WLANs). Measurements are taken in indoor and outdoor environments at various locations on different times of the day. An empirical channel model has been derived from these measurements that characterized the indoor-outdoor wireless channel which is suited for broadband multihop communications. This paper provides information that would be useful for the design and deployment of wireless mesh network in Qatar University.

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; fading channels; indoor radio; spectral analysers; wireless mesh networks; InSSIDer; Qatar University; broadband multihop communication; empirical channel model; fading; frequency 2.4 GHz; indoor-outdoor radio propagation channel; indoor-outdoor wireless channel; path loss; shadowing; site-specific signal strength measurement; spectrum analyzer Rohde & Schwarz FSH8; temperature 40 C to 50 C; wireless mesh network; Computational modeling; Fading; Mathematical model; Peer to peer computing; Radio transmitters; Receivers; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Dubai

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-118-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752598

Filename

5752598