A Geometric Interpretation of Fading in Wireless Networks: Theory and Applications

  • Authors:
  • M. Haenggi

  • Affiliations:
  • Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

In wireless networks with random node distribution, the underlying point process model and the channel fading process are usually considered separately. A unified framework is introduced that permits the geometric characterization of fading by incorporating the fading process into the point process model. Concretely, assuming nodes are distributed in a stationary Poisson point process in Rd , the properties of the point processes that describe the path loss with fading are analyzed. The main applications are single-hop connectivity and broadcasting.