Abstract-The electromagnetic reverberation time characteristics of indoor environments are experimentally investigated from 2 to 10 GHz with bandwidths up to 900 MHz. At a given frequency, the reverberation time is observed to be approximately constant up to 900 MHz. Moreover, the reverberation time decreases for increasing frequencies. Based on the theory of electromagnetic fields in cavities, a model to predict the room quality factor, reverberation time value, and average absorption coefficient is developed for the first time in indoor environments for the investigated frequency range. The validity and robustness of the model is investigated with data obtained for various environments, central frequencies, and bandwidths. The model is applied to another room over the whole 2-10 GHz frequency band and a maximum and average relative error of 22.30% and 8.80% were obtained, respectively, with an rms error of 1.90 ns. Furthermore, good agreement is obtained with measurements reported in the literature with settings falling into the model range; scenarios for which relative errors smaller than 10% were computed. The results demonstrate that this approach is not only an accurate alternative to the reverberation time measurements and computations of indoor environments in the 2-10 GHz frequency range but also a viable route to link propagation mechanisms in indoor scenarios with reverberation chambers.
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