QuaDRiGa: A 3-D multi-cell channel model with time evolution for enabling virtual field trials

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3242-3256

  Jaeckel, Stephan ^a   Raschkowski, Leszek ^a   Borner, Kai ^a   Thiele, Lars ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coherent multi cell measurements; MIMO systems; modeling; multiple input multiple output (MIMO) channel; parameterization; radio propagation; spatial channel model (SCM); validation; Wireless World Initiative for New Radio (WINNER)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); MIMO SYSTEMS; MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO WAVES; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MULTICELL; MULTIPLE- INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) CHANNEL; SPATIAL CHANNEL MODELS; VALIDATION; WIRELESS WORLD;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84901992649     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2014.2310220     Document Type: Article

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