Site-Specific Models of the Received Power for Radio Communication in Urban Street Canyons

Published

January 2, 2014

Author(s)

Catherine A. Remley, Jonathan Lu, Henry Bertoni, William F. Young

Abstract

In this paper, we present computationally efficient models for predicting small-area average path gain for low antennas due to propagation through urban street canyons. The models apply to line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) radio links, and are based on the two-ray model, and on diffraction and scattering at street intersections. The models incorporate two adjustable parameters which account for road traffic, and for scattering objects and building design at street intersections, respectively. We have validated the LOS and NLOS models with low antenna urban high-rise measurements recorded in New York City and other measurements found in literature for frequencies ranging from 225 MHz to 6 GHz.

Citation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volume

62

Issue

4

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

Diffraction, Multipath, Propagation Model, Radiowave Propagation, Wireless Systems

Citation

Remley, C. , Lu, J. , Bertoni, H. and Young, W. (2014), Site-Specific Models of the Received Power for Radio Communication in Urban Street Canyons, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2013.2297164 (Accessed October 9, 2025)