Analytic stochastic propagation model for urban streets

Karyotis, VA; Valagiannopoulos, CA

dc.contributor.author	Karyotis, VA	en
dc.contributor.author	Valagiannopoulos, CA	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:32:46Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:32:46Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en
dc.identifier.issn	1751-8725	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/20218
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Electrical & Electronic	en
dc.subject.classification	Telecommunications	en
dc.subject.other	NONUNIFORM RANDOM LATTICES	en
dc.subject.other	RAY-PROPAGATION	en
dc.subject.other	WAVE-PROPAGATION	en
dc.subject.other	SCATTERING	en
dc.title	Analytic stochastic propagation model for urban streets	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1049/iet-map.2008.0131	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2008.0131	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2010	en
heal.abstract	Stochastic ray propagation is a method to retain analytic description in topologies where application of Maxwell's equations would be ineffective or impossible. In this paper, a probabilistic model describing ray propagation along an urban street is analysed and discussed. The proposed model bears the simplicity of an analytic approach, and even though not fully descriptive of all propagation mechanisms, it provides informative results of wireless propagation in the event of a first-stage analysis. Based on the presented probabilistic formulation, explicit expressions of the power across and at the end of the street are obtained and used to evaluate the behaviour of the considered structure. We confirm our analysis through simulation, by computing the distribution of ray paths along the street. We identify the probabilistic propagation mechanism as the dominant factor for the received power at the end of the street for a travelling wave antenna. By considering multiple distributed point sources across the beginning of the street, the coincidence between the numerical average of the received power and the expected value of the corresponding random variable is exhibited. The proposed formulation can be further used as a basis for analysing similar problems, yielding useful and indicative results.	en
heal.publisher	INST ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY-IET	en
heal.journalName	IET MICROWAVES ANTENNAS & PROPAGATION	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1049/iet-map.2008.0131	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000273046600011	en
dc.identifier.volume	4	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	91	en
dc.identifier.epage	98	en