CONRAT Jean-Marc², PAJUSCO Patrice^1,3

Article de revue avec comité de lecture

International journal of microwave and wireless technologies, february 2012, pp. 3-13

2012

This article aims to provide readers with a physical understanding of the propagation channel that is complementary to mathematical channel modeling. It presents an analysis of the directional propagation channel based on radiophotos. Radiophotos are graphical objects where directions of arrival are superimposed on three-dimensional (3D) panoramic photographs.
The interaction between electro magnetic waves and the environment is immediately identified with these representations. This paper focuses on the direction of arrival at mobile in an urban macrocell environment. The first radiophoto collection illustrates the major propagation phenomena such as reflection, diffraction, or street canyoning. The second collection illustrates typical propagation channel profiles that are classified according to delay, azimuth, and elevation spread values. The paper also describes an original panorama-based method for estimating noise level in the azimuth–elevation domain.

1 : MO - Dépt. Micro-Ondes (Institut Mines-Télécom-Télécom Bretagne-UEB)
2 : Orange Labs - Belfort (Orange)
3 : Lab-STICC - Laboratoire en sciences et technologies de l'information, de la communication et de la connaissance (UMR CNRS 6285 - Télécom Bretagne - Université de Bretagne Occidentale - Université de Bretagne Sud)

Propagation channel, Panoramic photograph, Directional wideband measurement, Urban macrocell

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