Research Article

Estimation of the Reception Angle Distribution Based on the Power Delay Spectrum or Profile

Table 3

PDFs of AOA for selected GCMs.

ModelPDF of AOA, (where )Conditions

Uniform elliptical
(Rx outside)
[38]
, 
,
,
, : major and minor axis of elliptical disc for uniform density (centered at Tx but excluding Rx)

Uniform elliptical
(Rx inside)
[16, 17, 39]
,
: major axis of elliptical disc for uniform density (support region focused on Tx and Rx)

Gaussian
[4, 40, 41]
,
: variance of Gaussian intensity (centered at Tx)

Rayleigh circular
(Rx outside)
[42]
,
,
: parameter of Rayleigh intensity (centered at Tx)

: distance between Tx and Rx.