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fad·ing

(fā′dĭng)

1. A waning; a decline: "The final factor in the fading of the Renaissance was the Counter Reformation" (Will Durant).

2. Fluctuation in the strength of radio signals because of variations in the transmission medium.

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fading

(ˈfeɪdɪŋ)

(Telecommunications) a variation in the strength of received radio signals due to variations in the conditions of the transmission medium

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fading - weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound"

attenuation

weakening - becoming weaker

fading

adjective declining, dying, disappearing, vanishing, decreasing, on the decline outside in the rapidly fading light

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References in periodicals archive ?

Chung, "An autocorrelation model for shadow fading in rural macro environments," in 2012 18th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC), pp.

The Study of Large-Scale Fading Using a Wavelet Transform Method

An underwater EM wave propagation model with path loss 20 x ([log.sub.10] e) x 2[pi] x [square root of ([sigma] x f x [10.sup.-7])] dB/m and shadow fading is used [12].

EM-Based High Speed Wireless Sensor Networks for Underwater Surveillance and Target Tracking

It is assumed that the shadow fading parameters are fixed constant, i.e., [k.sub.m] = k, [[OMEGA].sub.m] = [[OMEGA].sub.0].

Capacity bounds on the ergodic capacity of distributed MIMO systems over K fading channels

Hartmann, "Connectivity of wireless multihop networks in a shadow fading environment," Wireless Networks, vol.

Fault tolerant coverage and connectivity in presence of channel randomness

The RSS is affected by path loss, shadow fading and multipath fading during propagation as given by equation

Performance Evaluation of Signal Strength and Residual Time based Vertical Handover in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

Hence, an empirical model is established for the path loss and shadow fading in the near shadowing zone.

Complete propagation model structure inside tunnels

According to the datasheet, "The SR5500 emulates wideband radio channel characteristics such as time-varying multipath delay spread, fast fading, shadow fading, and channel loss for advanced receiver implementations using diversity, beamforming, and MIMO.

Why use one radio when four will do?

However, CDMA employs a soft make-before-break handoff, which provides added diversity during handoff, resulting in a margin reduction of 4.1 dB at the boundaries between base stations.[5] This gain assumes the shadow fading to each of two base stations is 50 percent correlated.

Trading coverage for capacity in cellular systems: a system perspective

The work in [2, 3] had actual measurement for urban high-rise and low-rise in 28 GHz outdoor, analyzes the actual measurement data, and gets the path loss index and shadow fading by using the path loss model relevant to distance.