An Ultra-Wideband Indoor Radio Channel Model

A multipath model of UWB pulse propagation in the indoor environment is addressed in this paper. The simulation utilizes the principles of geometrical optics (GO) for direct and reflected paths' tracing and time domain technique for describing the transient electromagnetic field reflected from wall, floor, ceiling, and objects. The closed-form time domain analytic solution for UWB impulse signal reflection, which takes into account the frequency range from 3. 1 to 10.6 GHz, is proposed, and it is suitable for dry concrete, wood, glass, etc. , which are envisioned as common building construction materials for indoor environment. A specific house with two cube-like objects, which is thought to be a more realistic environment, is investigated. The simulation results provide the three-dimension (3D) space-time distribution of received pulsed field, which give more intrinsically interpretations for the mechanics of UWB impulse signals propagation in indoor environment.