A block-error simulator for mobile channels based on non-linear chaos equations

This work introduces a novel approach to model mobile channels (in particular, DECT ones) by means of non-linear equations based on the chaos theory. A simple procedure to extract meaningful statistics, well matched with those obtained by a standard generative model is presented. The proposed "chaotic" approach seems to be sufficiently powerful to let one model by means of quasi-deterministic equations the apparently random behavior of block errors in digital transmission over mobile channels. Two numerical experiments supporting the idea are shown and discussed.

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