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Article

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

Abstract

This paper describes results from a channel measurement campaign performed at several small airports in the U.S. in the 5-GHz band. This paper is a companion to another paper, which describes channel models for large airports. We classify the small airport surface channel into three propagation regions based upon different delay dispersion conditions. The channel characteristics of these regions in the delay and frequency domains are discussed with examples. We provide empirical stochastic channel models (of different bandwidths) to accurately represent the channel on the airport surface area for all propagation regions. The models are provided in the form of tapped delay lines, and complete statistical tap descriptions are given. Several key observations, including the presence of severe amplitude fading, some correlated scattering, and statistically nonstationary behavior, are also discussed.

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© IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2008, IEEE

Sen, I., Matolak, D. (2008). The 5 GHz Airport Surface Area Channel: Part II, Measurement and Modeling Results for Small Airports. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 57(4), 2027-2035.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2007.912335

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