ZTE Communications ›› 2015, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (2): 41-45.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5188.2015.02.008

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Channel Modeling for Air-to-Ground Wireless Communication

Yingcheng Shi1, Di He1, Bin Li2, Jianwu Dou2   

  1. 1. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
    2. ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen 518057, China
  • Received:2014-11-13 Online:2015-06-25 Published:2015-06-25
  • About author:Yingcheng Shi (yingchengshi@sjtu.edu.cn) received the MS degrees from Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2015. His research interests include air-to-ground wireless communications, LTE communications, and D2D communications. Di He (dihe@sjtu.edu.cn) received the PhD degree in circuits and systems from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2002. From 2002 to 2004, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada. From 2004 to present, he has been an associate professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research interests include wireless communications (particularly air-to-ground wireless communications), LTE communications, cognitive radio and long-term evolution, nonlinear dynamics and its applications in wireless communications, and satellite communications.
    Bin Li (li.bin23@zte.com.cn) received the MSc degree in electronics and computer science from University of Southampton, UK, in 2008. Since 2009, he has been a senior engineer of the System Simulation Department at ZTE Corporation. His research interests include signal processing, parameter estimation, and propagation studies of mobile radio channels.
    Jianwu Dou (dou.jianwu@zte.com.cn) received the PhD degree from Beijing University of Technology in 2001. Since 2001, he has been in charge of research and system design of the radio resource management algorithm in UMTS, TD-SCDMA and LTEv1 at ZTE Corporation. From 2006, he has also been responsible for system simulation of 2G, 3G, 4G, and WLAN as a director of the department at ZTE. His research interests include RRM, system simulation, wireless channel sounding and modelling, data mining, high-frequency physical-layer design, and MTC.
  • Supported by:
    This research work is supported by the ZTE Corporation and University Joint Research Project under Grant No. CON1307100001, and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China under Grant No.2013AA013602

Channel Modeling for Air-to-Ground Wireless Communication

Yingcheng Shi1, Di He1, Bin Li2, Jianwu Dou2   

  1. 1. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
    2. ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen 518057, China
  • 作者简介:Yingcheng Shi (yingchengshi@sjtu.edu.cn) received the MS degrees from Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2015. His research interests include air-to-ground wireless communications, LTE communications, and D2D communications. Di He (dihe@sjtu.edu.cn) received the PhD degree in circuits and systems from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2002. From 2002 to 2004, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada. From 2004 to present, he has been an associate professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research interests include wireless communications (particularly air-to-ground wireless communications), LTE communications, cognitive radio and long-term evolution, nonlinear dynamics and its applications in wireless communications, and satellite communications.
    Bin Li (li.bin23@zte.com.cn) received the MSc degree in electronics and computer science from University of Southampton, UK, in 2008. Since 2009, he has been a senior engineer of the System Simulation Department at ZTE Corporation. His research interests include signal processing, parameter estimation, and propagation studies of mobile radio channels.
    Jianwu Dou (dou.jianwu@zte.com.cn) received the PhD degree from Beijing University of Technology in 2001. Since 2001, he has been in charge of research and system design of the radio resource management algorithm in UMTS, TD-SCDMA and LTEv1 at ZTE Corporation. From 2006, he has also been responsible for system simulation of 2G, 3G, 4G, and WLAN as a director of the department at ZTE. His research interests include RRM, system simulation, wireless channel sounding and modelling, data mining, high-frequency physical-layer design, and MTC.
  • 基金资助:
    This research work is supported by the ZTE Corporation and University Joint Research Project under Grant No. CON1307100001, and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China under Grant No.2013AA013602

Abstract: In this paper, we discuss several large-scale fading models for different environments. The COST231-Hata model is adapted for air-to-ground modeling. We propose two criteria for air-toground channel modelling based on test data derived from field testing in Beijing. We develop a new propagation model that is more suitable for air-to-ground communication that previous models. We focus on improving this propagation model using the field test data.

Key words: air-to-ground communication, large-scale fading model

摘要: In this paper, we discuss several large-scale fading models for different environments. The COST231-Hata model is adapted for air-to-ground modeling. We propose two criteria for air-toground channel modelling based on test data derived from field testing in Beijing. We develop a new propagation model that is more suitable for air-to-ground communication that previous models. We focus on improving this propagation model using the field test data.

关键词: air-to-ground communication, large-scale fading model