Title :
Path Loss in an Urban Peer-to-Peer Channel for Six Public-Safety Frequency Bands
Author :
Matolak, David W. ; Qian Zhang ; Qiong Wu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Abstract :
We provide path loss data and models for a peer-to-peer wireless channel for an urban environment in six public safety bands, for simultaneous transmission to five spatially separated receiving sites. Results are from measurements in Denver, Colorado. The six frequencies at which we measured are (in MHz) 430, 750, 905, 1834, 2400, and 4860. Both line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight conditions were covered, and we quantify path loss exponents and linear-fit standard deviations as functions of frequency and location. Line-of-sight results agree with prior work, but non-line-of-sight exponents, from 3.6-7.3, are generally larger than in most other references.
Keywords :
peer-to-peer computing; wireless channels; frequency 1834 MHz; frequency 2400 MHz; frequency 430 MHz; frequency 4860 MHz; frequency 750 MHz; frequency 905 MHz; line-of-sight conditions; linear-fit standard deviations; nonline-of-sight conditions; path loss data; path loss exponents; peer-to-peer wireless channel; public-safety frequency bands; urban environment; urban peer-to-peer channel; Ad hoc networks; Frequency measurement; Loss measurement; Propagation losses; Receivers; Standards; Wireless communication; Propagation; channel characterization and modeling;
Journal_Title :
Wireless Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/WCL.2013.020513.120919