Generalized Markov modeling for flat fading

This paper investigates the properties of a method for obtaining Markov mod els of unspecified order to be applied to narrow-band fading channels with additive white Gaussian noise, The models are obtained by applying the cont ext tree pruning algorithm to experimental or simulated sequences. Fading e nvironments are identified in which the extension from first-order to highe r order models is justified. The paper presents, as examples, the evaluatio n of the covariance function and the packet error distribution.