Chapter 6: Wireless Channels

The following sections are included:

• Chapter’s Learning Outcomes

• Introduction

  • Classification of Wireless Fading Channels

  • Radio Signal Fading Statistics: LCR and AFD

  • AWGN Wireless Channel Model

  • LTI Wireless Channel Model

  • Tapped-Delay Line Wireless Channel Model

  • COST 207 Wireless Channel Models

  • Binary Discrete Memoryless Noisy Channel Models

  • Gilbert-Elliot Burst-Noise Channel Model

  • Check Your Understanding

• Slow Fading or Shadowing Models

  • Check Your Understanding

• Path Loss Models for Frequencies Below 6 GHz

  • Deterministic Path Loss Models

  • Empirical Path Loss Models

  • Semi-Empirical Path Loss Models

  • WINNER II Channel Models

  • Check Your Understanding

• Channel Models Above 6 GHz for 5G Networks

  • Probability of Wireless Link Being LOS

  • Path Loss Models for Frequencies Above 6 GHz

  • Check Your Understanding

• Small-Scale Fading Models

  • Two-Ray Multipath Fading Model

  • Clarke’s Model for Rayleigh Fading Channel

  • Jake’s Simulation Model for Rayleigh Fading

  • Check Your Understanding

• Review of Important Terms and Acronyms

• Review Questions and Problems

• Supplementary Reading