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Types of Small Scale Fading
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Based on
Time Delay
Spread
Based on
Doppler
Spread
Leads to
TIME
Dispersion
Leads to
FREQUENCY
Dispersion
FLAT FADING
FREQUENCY
SELECTIVE
FADING
FAST FADING
SLOW FADING
BW of signal < BW of Channel
Delay Spread < Symbol Period
BW of signal > BW of Channel
Delay Spread > Symbol Period
High Doppler Spread
Coherence Time < Symbol Period
BW of Channel Varies FASTER than BW of signal
Low Doppler Spread
Coherence Time > Symbol Period
BW of Channel Varies SLOWER than the BW of Signal
B
s<< B
c
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s
B
s>> B
c
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??????≫T
s
T
c<< T
s
B
s<< B
D
T
c>> T
s
B
s>> B
D
Based on
Time Delay
Spread
Based on
Doppler
Spread
FLAT FADING
FREQUENCY
SELECCTIVE
FADING
FAST FADING
SLOW FADING
B
s<< B
c
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??????≪T
s
B
s>> B
c
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??????≫T
s
T
c<< T
s
B
s<< B
D
T
c>> T
s
B
s>> B
D
T
s
T
s
B
s
B
s
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T
c
B
c
B
D
FLAT FLAT
SLOW FAST
SLOW FAST
FREQ. SEL FREQ. SEL
FAST
FREQ. SEL
SLOW
FREQ. SEL
FLAT
FAST
FLAT
SLOW
MATRIX REPRESENTATION OF FADING
AS A FUNCTION OF SYMBOL PERIOD
MATRIX REPRESENTATION OF FADING
AS A FUNCTION OF SIGNAL BW
FADING
SMALL SCALE
FADING
MULTIPATH
DELAY
SPREAD
FLAT FADING
FREQUENCY
SELECTIVE
FADING
DOPPLER
SPREAD
FAST FADING SLOW FADING
LARGE SCALE
FADING
PATH LOSS SHADOWING