Module: Physical Models of Wireless Channels

Learning Outcomes

Physical models of wireless channels

• You know how to derive the physical model of wireless channels using the ray tracing method.
• You understand the key features of a wireless channel: small-scaling fading, large-scale fading, Doppler shift, delay spread, coherence distance, coherence time, and coherence bandwidth.
• You understand what factors result in these features (e.g., moving transmitter and/or receiver result in Doppler shift, multipath results in delay spread).
• You can implement the ray tracing method in Python, and use numerical simulation to study more realistic wireless channels.

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Experiential Learning

Assessments