Wideband Directional Channel Characterization for Multiuser MIMO Systems Over a Random Rough Dielectric Ground
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2016
Abstract
© 2016 IEEE. In this study, small perturbation method (SPM) and Kirchhoff approximation (KA) are incorporated into ray-tracing (RT) routines to model multiuser multi-input multi-output (MU-MIMO) channels formed on a rough dielectric terrain. The effect of surface roughness and correlation length, solid soil fractions, moisture content, link range, antenna height, polarization, radiation pattern, and carrier frequency are examined on received power, power delay and angular profiles, root mean square (RMS) delay and angular spread, coherence bandwidth, and coherence distance. Quantitative and qualitative analyses reveal that antenna directionality and terrain undulation and textural composition have significant impacts on the received signal power and channel multipath parameters and, hence, the performance of MU-MIMO terrain-based communication systems.
Publication Title
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Recommended Citation
Torabi, A.,
Zekavat, S.,
&
Sarabandi, K.
(2016).
Wideband Directional Channel Characterization for Multiuser MIMO Systems Over a Random Rough Dielectric Ground.
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications,
15(5), 3103-3113.
http://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2016.2517065
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