Investigating Correlation of Rough Surface Diffuse Scattering in Frequency Domain

This paper investigates numerically the correlation function in the frequency domain due to diffuse scattering originated from rough surfaces. The scattered fields are computed by means of physical optics methods. The irregularities of the rough surface are modeled as a correlated Gaussian process. The correlation of the channel transfer function comprising only diffuse scattering components is analyzed. In the analysis, radio propagation channels comprising orthogonally oriented dipoles at the link ends are considered while assuming different Gaussian roughness profiles. This study offers a useful characterization of the channel behavior in a multipath-rich environment due to diffuse scattering. The presented results are of particular interest to wireless systems based on orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing.