3-D MIMO Mobile-to-Mobile Channel Simulation

Mobile-to-mobile (M-to-M) radio propagation channels arise in inter-vehicular communications, mobile ad-hoc wireless networks, and relay-based cellular radio networks. The statistical properties of M-to-M channels are quite different from conventional flxed-to-mobile (F-to-M) cellular land mobile radio channels. This article presents a 3D mathematical reference model for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) M-to-M channels. Based on this model, a sum-of-sinusoids based simulation model is proposed for 3D MIMO M-to-M multipath-fading channels, along with simplified deterministic and statistical models for 2D non-isotropic scattering. The statistics of the simulation models are verified by simulation.