Propagation Characteristics of Air-to-Air Channels in Urban Environments

Lai Zhou; Zhi Yang; Guangyue Zhao; Shidong Zhou; Cheng-Xiang Wang

doi:10.1109/GLOCOM.2018.8647360

Propagation Characteristics of Air-to-Air Channels in Urban Environments

Lai Zhou
, Zhi Yang
, Guangyue Zhao
, Shidong Zhou
, Cheng-Xiang Wang

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Abstract

In this paper, we study the propagation characteristics of air-to-air (A2A) channels in a virtual urban scenario generated with the ITU-R model. Based on ray- tracing simulations, we explore the behavior of large- scale fading when taking the environmental setup into consideration. Our analytical results show that the large-scale fading statistics, e.g., pathloss exponent (PLE) and shadow fading variance, are associated with the receiver height and elevation angle. Furthermore, we derive an approximate expression for line-of-sight probability according to the deployment and distribution of buildings. The expression is characterized as a function of receiver height and elevation angle with the condition of high transmitter height. To efficiently evaluate the performance of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication systems, we then propose an empirical propagation channel prediction model, which can be easily extended to different scenarios in the ITU-R model.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538647271
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOM.2018.8647360
Publication status	Published - 21 Feb 2019
Event	2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Duration: 9 Dec 2018 → 13 Dec 2018

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Name	Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Electronic)	2576-6813

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Conference	2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference
Abbreviated title	GLOBECOM 2018
Country/Territory	United Arab Emirates
City	Abu Dhabi
Period	9/12/18 → 13/12/18

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air-to-air channels
LOS probability
pathloss model
raytracing
UAV communications

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Information Systems and Management
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Signal Processing
Modelling and Simulation
Instrumentation
Computer Networks and Communications

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Zhou, L, Yang, Z, Zhao, G, Zhou, S & Wang, C-X 2019, Propagation Characteristics of Air-to-Air Channels in Urban Environments. in 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)., 8647360, Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), IEEE, 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 9/12/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOM.2018.8647360

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