Spatio-temporal channel characteristics at base station in microwave urban propagation

Abstract

Propagation measurements were performed in an urban area at 8.45 GHz. We examined the delay and angle spread characteristic of the main arrival wave at the base-station receiving antenna. The delay spread (/spl sigma//sub d/) tends to increase with the angle spread (/spl sigma//sub main/spl phi//). Both /spl sigma//sub main/spl phi// and /spl sigma//sub d/ in the line-of-sight (LOS) environments were smaller than those in the non-LOS (NLOS) environments. /spl sigma//sub d/ in the NLOS environments was greater than that at locations with the same angle spread in the LOS environments. /spl sigma//sub main/spl phi// in the LOS environments did not depend on the distance between the transmitter and receiver. Likewise, in the NLOS environments, if did not depend on the distance between the corner and receiver.