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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 46 Number 6, June 1998

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Diffuse Channel Model and Experimental Results for Array Antennas in Mobile Environments

Ole Nørklit, Member, IEEE, and Jørgen Bach Andersen, Fellow, IEEE

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Abstract:

A wide-band spatial model of the mobile channel has been developed. The model allows the inclusion of array antennas at the base station. The diffuse scattering is modeled using dense discrete scatterers. An algebraic power decay is used for the pathloss to the scatterers of the environment and to the mobile. Results from the model are compared with experimental results obtained at 1800 MHz. The parameters that are used are delay spread, power window, and angular spread of incident power. The model elucidates the general diffuse background scattering in a rural and an urban environment. It can be extended with inclusion of spatial specular scatterers where appropriate.

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