Frequency Domain UWB Channel Characterization and Modeling in Indoor Static Environment

Abstract

In this article, distance and frequency-dependent indoor wireless channel characterization and modeling are presented in C, X, and Ku bands at the line of sight (LOS) and nonline of sight (nLOS) scenarios. Complex frequency responses of the indoor radio channel are measured using the frequency-domain approach. The terminal and measurement setup dependencies of the propagation channel are deconvoluted using closed-form expressions devised from a two-port network model approach of the antenna transreceiver system. Subsequently, terminal independent frequency-domain channel transfer functions (CTFs) and time-domain channel impulse responses (CIRs) are derived for accurate statistical analysis of large- and small-scale fading parameters of the propagation channel. A distance-dependent statistical pathloss model is proposed. Successively, a frequency domain channel model using the fifth-order autoregressive process is proposed. Subsequently, the existence of the multiple clusters in the environment is analyzed by the poles of the transfer functions of the model. Models are validated in both time and frequency domains by comparing the computer-simulated synthetic model data with the empirical channel responses. The measurement data and the model data are seen to be in good agreement.