Statistical analysis of measured short-term impulse response functions of 1.88 GHz radio channels in Stockholm with corresponding channel model

A statistical analysis of amplitudes corresponding to multipath components in outdoor (urban/suburban) channels is presented. The study is based on short-term complex impulse response measurements conducted in Stockholm at 1.88 GHz carrier frequency with 5 MHz bandwidth. The actual investigations show that the Rice distribution gives the best fitting in the Kramer-von-Mises sense. Further it is shown that in average the strongest tap fades less than the other taps in the impulse response. A global average model was devised for the power delay profile and corresponding Rice K-factor.