Multipath Fading Phenomena in Terrestrial Wireless Communication Links

This chapter first compares the results of theoretical predictions of the loss characteristics in the space domain, with experiments carried out in various land environments. It focuses our attention on estimating the accuracy of the statistical description of the built‐up terrain on radio signal spatial attenuation and its frequency dependence. The chapter then presents a theoretical and experimental analysis of slow and fast fading based on the unified algorithm estimating these phenomena in various communication links, taking into consideration both the classical methods and the unified stochastic multiparametric model. Next, it briefly describes the role of Rician K‐factor in multipath phenomena differentiation both in space, angle of arrival (i.e., azimuth), and time of arrival (i.e., time delay) domains. Finally, the chapter deals with radio coverage and radio map constructions accounting for terrain features and overlay profile effects of the buildings, that is, the 3‐D configuration of built‐up terrains.