A novel stochastic geometrical model for wideband MIMO-V2V channels

In this paper, we present a novel wideband multiple-input multiple-output Vehicle-to-Vehicle channel model. The proposed channel model is derived using the geometrical elliptical scattering approach. In order to emulate the appearance and disappearance of scatterers (vehicles, terrain, roadside units, etc.) in the environment, we associate a persistence process with each physical scatterer in the model. The parameters of the proposed model can be tuned to represent a variety of vehicular environments. We also derive the temporal and spatial correlation functions of the channel coefficients. Channel measurements and numerical examples are presented to provide more insight into the model and the physical interpretation of its parameters. © 2013 IEEE.