LTE--advanced and next generation wireless networks : channel modelling and propagation

LTE--advanced and next generation wireless networks channel modelling and propagation

This book discusses propagation and channel modeling for LTE Advanced and emerging wireless technologies LTE- Advanced and Next Generation Wireless Networks: Channel Modeling and Propagation describes recent advances in propagation and channel modeling necessary for designing, simulating and validat...

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Other Authors: De la Roche, Guillaume (-), Glazunov, Andres Alayon, Allen, Ben (Benjamin Hugh)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley 2012, c2013.
Edition:1st edition
Subjects:
Long-Term Evolution (Telecommunications)
Wireless communication systems.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628604506719
Table of Contents:
  • -- About the Editors xv
  • List of Contributors xvii
  • Preface xix
  • Acknowledgements xxiii
  • List of Acronyms xxv
  • Part I BACKGROUND
  • 1 Enabling Technologies for 3GPP LTE-Advanced Networks 3 / Narcis Cardona, Jose F. Monserrat and Jorge Cabrejas
  • 1.1 Introduction 4
  • 1.2 General IMT-Advanced Features and Requirements 5
  • 1.3 Long Term Evolution Advanced Requirements 11
  • 1.4 Long Term Evolution Advanced Enabling Technologies 15
  • 1.5 Summary 33
  • 2 Propagation and Channel Modeling Principles 35 / Andreas F. Molisch
  • 2.1 Propagation Principles 35
  • 2.2 Deterministic Channel Descriptions 41
  • 2.3 Stochastic Channel Description 46
  • 2.4 Channel Modeling Methods 51
  • Part II RADIO CHANNELS
  • 3 Indoor Channels 67 / Jianhua Zhang and Guangyi Liu
  • 3.1 Introduction 67
  • 3.2 Indoor Large Scale Fading 69
  • 3.3 Indoor Small Scale Fading 83
  • 4 Outdoor Channels 97 / Petros Karadimas
  • 4.1 Introduction 97
  • 4.2 Reference Channel Model 98
  • 4.3 Small Scale Variations 103
  • 4.4 Path Loss and Large Scale Variations 117
  • 4.5 Summary 119
  • 5 Outdoor-Indoor Channel 123 / Andres Alayon Glazunov, Zhihua Lai and Jie Zhang
  • 5.1 Introduction 123
  • 5.2 Modelling Principles 124
  • 5.3 Empirical Propagation Models 127
  • 5.4 Deterministic Models 137
  • 5.5 Hybrid Models 142
  • 6 Vehicular Channels 153 / Laura Bernado, Nicolai Czink, Thomas Zemen, Alexander Paier, Fredrik Tufvesson, Christoph Mecklenbrauker and Andreas F. Molisch
  • 6.1 Introduction 153
  • 6.2 Radio Channel Measurements 154
  • 6.3 Vehicular Channel Characterization 160
  • 6.4 Channel Models for Vehicular Communications 171
  • 6.5 New Vehicular Communication Techniques 180
  • 7 Multi-User MIMO Channels 187 / Fredrik Tufvesson, Katsuyuki Haneda and Veli-Matti Kolmonen
  • 7.1 Introduction 187
  • 7.2 Multi-User MIMO Measurements 188
  • 7.3 Multi-User Channel Characterization 196
  • 7.4 Multi-User Channel Models 200
  • 8 Wideband Channels 215 / Vit Sipal, David Edward and Ben Allen
  • 8.1 Large Scale Channel Properties 216.
  • 8.2 Impulse Response of UWB Channel 219
  • 8.3 Frequency Selective Fading in UWB Channels 226
  • 8.4 Multiple Antenna Techniques 239
  • 8.5 Implications for LTE-A 243
  • 9 Wireless Body Area Network Channels 247 / Rob Edwards, Muhammad Irfan Khattak and Lei Ma
  • 9.1 Introduction 247
  • 9.2 Wearable Antennas 249
  • 9.3 Analysis of Antennas Close to Human Skin 251
  • 9.4 A Survey of Popular On-Body Propagation Models 259
  • 9.5 Antenna Implants-Possible Future Trends 263
  • 9.6 Summary 265
  • Part III SIMULATION AND PERFORMANCE
  • 10 Ray-Tracing Modeling 271 / Yves Lostanlen and Thomas Kurner
  • 10.1 Introduction 271
  • 10.2 Main Physical Phenomena Involved in Propagation 272
  • 10.3 Incorporating the Influence of Vegetation 277
  • 10.4 Ray-Tracing Methods 280
  • 11 Finite-Difference Modeling 293 / Guillaume de la Roche
  • 11.1 Introduction 293
  • 11.2 Models for Solving Maxwell's Equations 294
  • 11.3 Practical Use of FD Methods 298
  • 11.4 Results 303
  • 11.5 Perspectives for Finite Difference Models 308
  • 11.6 Summary and Perspectives 314
  • 12 Propagation Models for Wireless Network Planning 317 / Thomas Kurner and Yves Lostanlen
  • 12.1 Geographic Data for RNP 317
  • 12.2 Categorization of Propagation Models 322
  • 12.3 Empirical Models 325
  • 12.4 Semi-Empirical Models for Macro Cells 326
  • 12.5 Deterministic Models for Urban Areas 332
  • 12.6 Accuracy of Propagation Models for RNP 339
  • 12.7 Coverage Probability 344
  • 13 System-Level Simulations with the IMT-Advanced Channel Model 349 / Jan Ellenbeck
  • 13.1 Introduction 349
  • 13.2 IMT-Advanced Simulation Guidelines 350
  • 13.3 The IMT-Advanced Channel Models 357
  • 13.4 Channel Model Calibration 366
  • 13.5 Link-to-System Modeling for LTE-Advanced 371
  • 13.6 3GPP LTE-Advanced System-Level Simulator Calibration 379
  • 13.7 Summary and Outlook 385
  • 14 Channel Emulators for Emerging Communication Systems 389 / Julian Webber
  • 14.1 Introduction 389
  • 14.2 Emulator Systems 390
  • 14.3 Random Number Generation 391.
  • 14.4 Fading Generators 394
  • 14.5 Channel Convolution 401
  • 14.6 Emulator Development 403
  • 14.7 Example Transceiver Applications for Emerging Systems 403
  • 14.8 Summary 407
  • 15 MIMO Over-the-Air Testing 411 / Andres Alayon Glazunov, Veli-Matti Kolmonen and Tommi Laitinen
  • 15.1 Introduction 411
  • 15.2 Channel Modelling Concepts 414
  • 15.3 DUTs and Usage Definition 418
  • 15.4 Figures-of-Merit for OTA 419
  • 15.5 Multi-Probe MIMO OTA Testing Methods 421
  • 15.6 Other MIMO OTA Testing Methods 429
  • 15.6.1 Reverberation Chambers 429
  • 15.6.2 Two-Stage Method 436
  • 15.7 Future Trends 437
  • 16 Cognitive Radio Networks: Sensing, Access, Security 443 / Ghazanfar A. Safdar
  • 16.1 Introduction 443
  • 16.2 Cognitive Radio: A Definition 443
  • 16.3 Spectrum Sensing in CRNs 448
  • 16.4 Spectrum Assignment / Medium Access Control in CRNs 452
  • 16.5 Security in Cognitive Radio Networks 461
  • 16.6 Applications of CRNs 468
  • 16.7 Summary 470
  • 17 Antenna Design for Small Devices 473 / Tim Brown
  • 17.1 Antenna Fundamentals 474
  • 17.2 Figures of Merit and their Impact on the Propagation Channel 477
  • 17.3 Challenges in Mobile Terminal Antenna Design 484
  • 17.4 Multiple-Antenna Minaturization Techniques 485
  • 17.5 Multiple Antennas with Multiple Bands 489
  • 17.6 Multiple Users and Antenna Effects 491
  • 17.7 Small Cell Antennas 492
  • 17.8 Summary 492
  • 18 Statistical Characterization of Antennas in BANs 495 / Carla Oliveira, Michal Mackowiak and Luis M. Correia
  • 18.1 Motivation 495
  • 18.2 Scenarios 496
  • 18.3 Concepts 498
  • 18.4 Body Coupling: Theoretical Models 500
  • 18.5 Body Coupling: Full Wave Simulations 508
  • 18.6 Body Coupling: Practical Experiments 513
  • 18.7 Correlation Analysis for BANs 517
  • 18.8 Summary 522
  • Acknowledgements 523
  • References 523
  • Index 525.

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