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Experimental Characterization and Analysis for Ultra Wideband Outdoor Channel

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This paper reports on an experimental characterization of ultra wideband (UWB) outdoor channel over a frequency range of 3.1–5.3 GHz. Time domain measurements were conducted for line-of-sight scenarios. The acquired measurement data are characterized in terms of path-loss exponents, root mean square (RMS) delay spread, K-factor and channel capacity. Results show that the path-loss exponents range between 1.4 and 2.1 for the log-distance propagation model and the RMS delay spread was found to be between 1.2 and 3.4 ns. Different statistical distributions for the delay spread were also investigated. Results of the statistical analysis also show that the correlation between RMS delay spread and transmitter receiver separation distance is very low. The small-scale fading analysis indicated that UWB signals experience Rician fading, where the maximum value of K-factor is 11 dB.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank the Ministry of Education, Malaysia for providing financial support for this work through the Higher Institution Center of Excellent, vote no, Q.J090601.23C6.00D04 – HICOE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CENTER (WCC) and we would like also thank the anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments and suggestions to improve the quality of this paper.

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    Ahmed M. Al-Samman, Tharek Abd Rahman, Solomon Nunoo, Uche A. K. Chude-Okonkwo, Razali Ngah, Redhwan Q. Shaddad & Yasser Zahedi

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Al-Samman, A.M., Rahman, T.A., Nunoo, S. et al. Experimental Characterization and Analysis for Ultra Wideband Outdoor Channel. Wireless Pers Commun 83, 3103–3118 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-015-2585-x

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