Spread Spectrum Propagation Prediction

Abstract

In order to efficiently model effects of terrain on wideband radio signals several basic improvements to the Geometrical Theory of Diffraction (GTD) propagation model were made. As a result of this effort a terrain sensitive propagation model capable of predicting the wideband channel transfer function, including the important channel characterization parameters, has been developed and validated against measurements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA204441

Entities

People

  • Raymond Luebbers

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Information Systems
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Radio Signals
  • Radio Transmission
  • Radio Waves
  • Simulations
  • Site Selection
  • Spread Spectrum
  • Time Domain
  • Transfer Functions
  • Wave Propagation

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Radio communications and signal processing.