Title :
A Survey of Wireless Path Loss Prediction and Coverage Mapping Methods
Author :
Phillips, Chris ; Sicker, Douglas ; Grunwald, Dirk
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
fDate :
First Quarter 2013
Abstract :
In this paper we provide a thorough and up to date survey of path loss prediction methods, spanning more than 60 years of fairly continuous research. These methods take a variety of approaches to modeling the signal attenuation between wireless transceivers: purely theoretical models, empirically fitted (often statistical) models, deterministic ray-optical models, and measurement-directed methods. Our work here extends and updates excellent, but now dated prior surveys of this important field. We provide a new taxonomy for reasoning about the similarities and differences of the many approaches and provide a brief but complete overview of the various methods as well as describing insights into future directions for research in this area.
Keywords :
losses; measurement systems; prediction theory; radio transceivers; radiotelemetry; statistical analysis; coverage mapping method; deterministic ray-optical model; empirically fitted model; measurement-directed method; signal attenuation modeling; statistical model; taxonomy; wireless path loss prediction method; wireless transceiver; Computational modeling; Fading channels; Interference; Predictive models; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Path loss; attenuation; measurement; model; networking; prediction; ray-tracing; signal; wireless;
Journal_Title :
Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/SURV.2012.022412.00172