Empirical Ultra Wide Band Channel Model for Short Range Outdoor Environments

Abstract

This paper reports the empirical Ultra Wide Band (UWB) channel model for short range outdoor environments. The measurements were performed based on the frequency sweep method in frequency domain at two different parking lot environments. From the measured channel transfer functions, parameters of log-distance path loss law and the effect of frequency to the path loss exponent are extracted. The distribution of received signal is analyzed to the existence of line-of-sight (LOS) path also. For the characterization of frequency dependent UWB channel parameters, standard deviation and correlation properties of channel gain in frequency domain are analyzed. The standard deviation increases with transmitter-receiver separation in LOS condition and the correlation is regressed to the double-slope model.