A Systematic Approach for UWB Channel Modeling in Aircraft Cabins

The Saleh-Valenzuela multipath channel model (SVmodel) is often used for the modeling of communication channels in confined environments . The model assumes multipath components (MPC) arriving at the receiver in clusters. Instead of identifying clusters from the power delay profile (PDP) via visual inspection as proposed in , this paper proposes a systematic algorithm for cluster identification in a large wide-bodied aircraft cabin. The performance of the SV model implemented with the proposed best fit algorithm is compared in empty and occupied aircraft cabin scenarios.