A Novel Geometrical Model for Non-Stationary MIMO Vehicle-to-Vehicle Channels Article uri icon

abstract

  • A novel geometry-based statistical model for non-stationary multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) Rayleigh fading channels is presented in this paper. The proposed model seeks to provide new insights into the non-stationary characteristics of MIMO V2V channels stemming from the time-varying propagation delays of the received multipath signal. To achieve this goal, the temporal evolution of the propagation delays is characterized following a simple, although theoretically sound, plane-wave propagation approach. The modelling framework presented here allows obtaining generic expressions for the space-time-frequency cross-correlation function of the MIMO V2V channel, unveiling in the process important features of the channel%27s correlation and stationary properties. The obtained results show that as a consequence of the time-varying character of the propagation delays, the elements of the MIMO channel matrix are non-wide-sense stationary uncorrelated scattering (non-WSSUS) random processes, as well as pairwise jointly non-wide-sense stationary (non-WSS). The particular cases where the proposed MIMO V2V channel model can be considered quasi-WSS are also discussed for the sake of completeness. © 2017, © 2017 IETE.
  • A novel geometry-based statistical model for non-stationary multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) Rayleigh fading channels is presented in this paper. The proposed model seeks to provide new insights into the non-stationary characteristics of MIMO V2V channels stemming from the time-varying propagation delays of the received multipath signal. To achieve this goal, the temporal evolution of the propagation delays is characterized following a simple, although theoretically sound, plane-wave propagation approach. The modelling framework presented here allows obtaining generic expressions for the space-time-frequency cross-correlation function of the MIMO V2V channel, unveiling in the process important features of the channel's correlation and stationary properties. The obtained results show that as a consequence of the time-varying character of the propagation delays, the elements of the MIMO channel matrix are non-wide-sense stationary uncorrelated scattering (non-WSSUS) random processes, as well as pairwise jointly non-wide-sense stationary (non-WSS). The particular cases where the proposed MIMO V2V channel model can be considered quasi-WSS are also discussed for the sake of completeness. © 2017, © 2017 IETE.

publication date

  • 2019-01-01