MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING OF TEMPORAL VARIATIONS OF THE INDOOR RADIO PROPAGATION CHANNEL

This paper reports the results of extensive measurements and analysis of the indoor radio propagation channel's temporal variations. The empirical data base consists of 192 one-min recordings of CW envelope fading waveforms with both antennas stationary. Measurements were carried out in an office environment at 1100 MHz with four transmitter-receiver antenna separations of 5, 10, 20, and 30 m. Effects of controlled degrees of motion with 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 individuals walking around the high antenna only, around the low antenna only, and around both antennas were investigated. The reported results include amplitude fading distributions, correlation properties, level crossing rates, duration of fades statistics, and spectrum widths of the frequency domain data. The results can be used in fixed wireless computer communication applications, and in supplementing the available spatial variation models of the indoor radio propagation channel.