On the utility of gamma PDF in modeling shadow fading (slow fading)

Ali Abdi, Mostafa Kaveh

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Abstract

Shadow fading causes random fluctuations of the envelope mean at the mobile. The lognormal distribution is widely accepted for this phenomenon. In this paper we argue that, based on theoretical results and measured data, gamma distribution does the job as well. Then we show that by using the gamma distribution and in contrast with the use of the lognormal distribution, we can obtain easy-to-use and closed-form composite PDFs for fading channels, which in turn extremely simplify analytic calculations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationIEEE VTS 50th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 1999-Fall
Pages2308-2312
Number of pages5
StatePublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes
EventIEEE VTS 50th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 1999-Fall - Houston, TX, USA
Duration: Sep 19 1999Sep 22 1999

Publication series

NameIEEE VTS 50th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 1999-Fall
Volume3
ISSN (Print)0740-0551

Other

OtherIEEE VTS 50th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 1999-Fall
CityHouston, TX, USA
Period9/19/999/22/99

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Applied Mathematics

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