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Nowadays, with the upcoming 5G cellular networks the development of realistic and more accurate channel model frameworks has become more important since new frequency bands are used and new architectures are employed. Large scale fading known also as shadowing, refers to the variations of the received signal mainly caused by obstructions that significantly affect the available signal power at a receiver\u2019s position. Although the variability of shadowing is considered mostly spatial for a given propagation environment, moving obstructions may significantly impact the received signal\u2019s strength, especially in dense environments, inducing thus a temporal variability even for the fixed users. In this paper, we present the case of lognormal shadowing, a novel engineering model based on stochastic differential equations that models not only the spatial correlation structure of shadowing but also its temporal dynamics. Based on the proposed spatio-temporal shadowing field we present a computationally efficient model for the dynamics of shadowing experienced by stationary or mobile users. We also present new analytical results for the average outage duration and hand-offs based on multi-dimensional level crossings. Numerical results are also presented for the validation of the model and some important conclusions are drawn.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/fi11050106","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,7]],"date-time":"2019-05-07T03:15:46Z","timestamp":1557198946000},"page":"106","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Dynamic Lognormal Shadowing Framework for the Performance Evaluation of Next Generation Cellular Systems"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Georgios A.","family":"Karagiannis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, GR-15780 Zografou, Greece"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4716-3328","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Athanasios D.","family":"Panagopoulos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, GR-15780 Zografou, Greece"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"335","DOI":"10.1109\/ACCESS.2013.2260813","article-title":"Millimeter wave mobile communications for 5G cellular: It will work!","volume":"1","author":"Rappaport","year":"2013","journal-title":"IEEE Access J."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1850","DOI":"10.1109\/TAP.2012.2235056","article-title":"Broadband millimeter wave propagation measurements and models using adaptive-beam antennas for outdoor urban cellular communications","volume":"61","author":"Rappaport","year":"2013","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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