Reverberation-Chamber Test Environment for Outdoor Urban Wireless Propagation Studies

Author(s)

Helge Fielitz
Kate A. Remley
Christopher L. Holloway
Qian Zhang
Qiong Wu
David W. Matolak, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow

Document Type

Article

Subject Area(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics

Abstract

We introduce a test environment to replicate the well-known clustering of reflections in power delay profiles arising from late-time delays and reflections. Urban wireless propagation environments are known to exhibit such clustering. The test setup combines discrete reflections generated by a fading simulator with the continuous distribution of reflections created in a reverberation chamber. We describe measurements made in an urban environment in Denver, CO, that illustrate these multiple distributions of reflections. Our comparison of measurements made in the urban environment to those made in the new test environment shows good agreement.

Publication Info

Postprint version. Published in IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Volume 9, 2010, pages 52-56.

Rights

© IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2010, IEEE

Fielitz, H., Remley, K., Holloway, C., Zhang, Q., Wu, Q., Matolak, D. (2010). Reverberation-Chamber Test Environment for Outdoor Urban Wireless Propagation Studies. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 9, 52-56.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2010.2042272