Slow Modulation Behavior of the FMCW Radar for Wireless Channel Sounding Technology

A frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar is used to sounding wireless channel. An intermediate frequency signal of the FMCW radar can be treated simultaneously as a frequency-domain signal as well as a time-domain signal when the modulation time is sufficiently long. This distinctive compatibility enables the FMCW radar system to measure the normalized impulse response for the power delay profile and Rician K-factor by using an oscilloscope. This theory is fully demonstrated and experiments are performed in the reverberation chamber for the small-scale fading environments of Rayleigh and Rician conditions, and all measurements are verified by using the oscilloscope.

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