Shadowed Fading in Indoor Off-Body Communication Channels: A Statistical Characterization Using the \kappa - \mu /Gamma Composite Fading Model

• Published in: IEEE transactions on wireless communications Vol. 15; no. 8; pp. 5231 - 5244
• Main Authors: Seong Ki Yoo, Cotton, Simon L., Sofotasios, Paschalis C., Freear, Steven
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.08.2016
• Subjects: Antennas; Body shadowing; channel characterization; Channels; Communication channels; Fading; Indoor environments; Mathematical models; Movements; off-body communications; Parameter estimation; Parameters; path loss; Probability density function; Probability density functions; Rayleigh channels; Shadow mapping; shadowed fading models; Wireless communication

This paper investigates the characteristics of the shadowed fading observed in off-body communications channels at 5.8 GHz. This is realized with the aid of the κ-μ/gamma composite fading model, which assumes that the transmitted signal undergoes κ-μ fading, which is subject to multiplicative shadow...