Mean and variance of the local maxima of a Rayleigh fading envelope

Authors
Narasimhan, R Cox, DC
Citation
R. Narasimhan et Dc. Cox, Mean and variance of the local maxima of a Rayleigh fading envelope, IEEE COMM L, 4(11), 2000, pp. 352-353
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Information Tecnology & Communication Systems
Journal title
IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS
ISSN journal
10897798 → ACNP
Volume
4
Issue
11
Year of publication
2000
Pages
352 - 353
Database
ISI
SICI code
1089-7798(200011)4:11<352:MAVOTL>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A derivation is provided for the mean and variance of the local maxima of a Rayleigh fading envelope. The calculation is performed for a uniform 2-D a ngular distribution of incident power using the autocorrelation function gi ven in the book by Jakes. This calculation is useful to obtain estimates of the mean received signal strength over a given spatial averaging interval.