06.08.2013 Views

My PhD Thesis, PDF 3MB - Stanford University

My PhD Thesis, PDF 3MB - Stanford University

My PhD Thesis, PDF 3MB - Stanford University

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

and the variance to be<br />

2<br />

S<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

0<br />

( f f S ) 2 S ( f ) df<br />

<br />

0<br />

<br />

S ( f ) df<br />

Similarly, the centroid frequency of the received signal R(f) is<br />

and its variance to be<br />

f R <br />

2<br />

R<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

0<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

0<br />

0<br />

<br />

f R ( f ) df<br />

R ( f ) df<br />

( f f R ) 2 R ( f ) df<br />

<br />

0<br />

<br />

R ( f ) df<br />

- 90 -<br />

. (4.6)<br />

, (4.7)<br />

, (4.8)<br />

where R(f) is given by equation (4.1). If we take the factor G to be independent of<br />

2<br />

frequency f, fR and will be independent of G. This is the major advantage of using<br />

R<br />

the spectral centroid and variance rather than the actual amplitudes.<br />

4.2.3 Relationships between Attenuation Coefficient and Spectral centroid<br />

Consider the special case where the incident spectrum S(f) is Gaussian, i.e., given<br />

by the equation<br />

S ( f ) exp [ ( f f o<br />

2 S<br />

) 2<br />

2 ] . (4.9)

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!