期刊名称:International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
印刷版ISSN:1687-5869
电子版ISSN:1687-5877
出版年度:2008
卷号:2008
DOI:10.1155/2008/806326
出版社:Hindawi Publishing Corporation
摘要:RF channel measurements in underground mines have important applications in the field of mobile
communications for improving operational efficiency and worker safety. This paper presents an experimental
study of the ultra wideband (UWB) radio channel, based on extensive sounding campaigns covering the
underground mine environment. Measurements were carried out in the frequency band of 2–5 GHz. Various
communication links were considered including both line-of-sight (LOS) and non-LOS (NLOS) scenarios. In
this paper, we are interested in more details of the variations of the RMS delay spread and mean excess delay
with Tx/Rx separation, and the variation of RMS with mean excess. The distance dependency of path loss and
shadowing fading statistics is also investigated. To give an idea about the behaviour of UWB channel in
underground mines, a comparison of our approach with other published works is given including path loss
exponent, shadow fading variance, mean excess delay, and RMS delay spread.