... VirginiaKeywords: Fading, Mobile Radio Propagation, Wireless CommunicationsCopyright 2000, Gregory D. Durgin THEORY OF STOCHASTIC LOCAL AREA CHANNELMODELING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSGregory D. Durgin(ABSTRACT)This ... THEORY OF STOCHASTIC LOCAL AREA CHANNELMODELING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSbyGregory D. DurginFinal Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of theVirginia Polytechnic ... type.Chapter 3 discusses the basic form that a stochastic local area channel model musttake. Great care is taken in defining a local area and a stochastic local area channel, clearlystating the assumptions...