This page is a collection of radio wave propagation research papers from Prof. Durgin's years at Virginia Tech's Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group (MPRG). There are a few works from the "Osaka University Year" thrown in as well. We ask that all copyrights for these papers be respected by those who download them. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to access these files.

Journals G.D. Durgin, V. Kukshya, T.S. Rappaport.  "Wideband Measurements of Angle and Delay Dispersion for Outdoor and Indoor Peer-to-Peer Radio Channels at 1920 MHz".  IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol 51, no 5, May 2003, pp. 936-944. Download   G.D. Durgin, T.S. Rappaport, D.A. de Wolf.  "New Analytical Models and Probability Density Functions for Fading in Wireless Communications".  IEEE Transactions on Communications , vol 50, no 6, June 2002, pp. 1005-1015. Download   G.D. Durgin, T.S. Rappaport.  "Theory of Multipath Shape Factors for Small-Scale Fading Wireless Channels".  IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol 48, no 5, April 2000, pp. 682-693. Download G.D. Durgin, T.S. Rappaport. "A Basic Relationship Between Multipath Angular Spread and Narrowband Fading in a Wireless Channel".  IEE Electronics Letters, vol 34, no 25, 10 Dec 1998, pp. 2431-2432. Download G.D. Durgin, T.S. Rappaport, H. Xu. "Measurements and Models for Radio Path Loss and Penetration Loss In and Around Homes and Trees at 5.85-GHz". IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol 46, no 11, November 1998, pp. 1484-1496. Download G.D. Durgin, T.S. Rappaport, H. Xu. "5.85-GHz Radio Path Loss and Penetration Loss Measurements in and Around Homes and Trees".  IEEE Communications Letters, vol 2, no 3, March 1998, pp. 70-73. Download G.D. Durgin, N Patwari, T.S. Rappaport. "An Improved 3D Ray Launching Method for Wireless Propagation Prediction".  IEE Electronics Letters, vol 33, no 6, 31 July 1997, pp. 1412-1413. Download   Online Reports Advanced Site-Specific Propagation Prediction Techniques, by Gregory D. Durgin, Master's Thesis, Virginia Tech, 16 April 1998. Theory of Stochastic Local Area Channel Modeling for Wireless Communications, by Gregory D. Durgin, Ph.D. Dissertation, Virginia Tech, 27 November 2000.

Conference Papers G.D. Durgin, S. Sampei, N. Morinaga.  "Computer Simulation of Multiple Transmitter, Multiple Receiver Wireless Channels".  YRP Telecom Summit 2001, YRP Japan, 17 July 2001, pp. 86-87. Download G.D. Durgin, V. Kukshya, T.S. Rappaport.  "Joint Angle and Delay Spread Statistics for 1920 MHz Peer-to-Peer Wireless Channels".  IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium, Boston MA, July 2001. Download G.D. Durgin, T.S. Rappaport. "Level-Crossing Rates and Average Fade Duration for Wireless Channels with Spatially Complicated Multipath".  IEEE Globecom 99, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Dec 1999. Download G.D. Durgin, T.S. Rappaport. "Effects of Multipath Angular Spread on the Spatial Cross-Correlation of Received Voltage Envelopes".  IEEE 49th Vehicular Technology Conference, Houston TX, May 1999. Download G.D. Durgin, T.S. Rappaport, D.A. de Wolf. "More Complete Probability Density Functions for Fading in Mobile Communications".  IEEE 49th Vehicular Technology Conference, Houston TX, May 1999. Download N. Patwari, G.D. Durgin, T.S. Rappaport. "Peer-to-Peer Low Antenna Outdoor Radio Wave Propagation at 1.8 GHz".  IEEE 49th Vehicular Technology Conference, Houston TX, May 1999. Download G.D. Durgin, T.S. Rappaport. "Three Parameters for Relating Small-Scale Temporal Fading Statistics to Multipath Angles-of-Arrival".  Personal, Indoors, and Mobile Radio Communications Conference (PIMRC 99), Osaka Japan, Sep 1999. Download G.D. Durgin, T.S. Rappaport, H. Xu. "Partition-Based Path Loss Analysis for In-Home and Residential Areas at 5.85 GHz". IEEE Globecom 98.  Sydney Australia, November 1998. Download G.D. Durgin, T.S. Rappaport, H. Xu. "Radio Path Loss and Penetration Loss Measurements In and Around Homes and Trees". IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Symposium, Atlanta GA, May 1998. Download G.D. Durgin, N Patwari, T.S. Rappaport. "An Advanced 3D Ray Launching Method for Wireless Propagation Prediction". IEEE 47th Vehicular Technology Conference, Phoenix AZ, vol 2, May 1997, pp. 785-789. Download