Multipath Rician Channel Simulation in the Test Zone of a Hybrid OTA Chamber

Multipath fields with ascribed Rician distribution parameters have been simulated in a novel hybrid chamber for over the air characterization of antenna systems and wireless devices. Simulations are based on waveguide mode summations representing a combination of the half-space rich isotropic multipath component and the on-axis line-of-sight component. It has been shown that the Rician distributed channels can be emulated without the use of additional static or moving scatterers.