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In order to fit and validate a radio channel model for this type of scenarios, both measurements and simulations by means of an in-house developed 3D Ray Launching algorithm have been performed, offering as outcomes the path loss and multipath information of the scenarios under study for forest immersed isolated trees and non-isolated trees. The specific forests, composed of thick in-leaf trees, are called Orgi Forest and Chandebrito, located respectively in Navarre and Galicia, Spain. A geometrical and dielectric model of the trees were created and introduced in the simulation software. We concluded that the scattering produced by the tree can be divided into two zones with different dominant propagation mechanisms: an obstructed line of sight (OLoS) zone far from the tree fitting a log-distance model, and a diffraction zone around the edge of the tree. 2D planes of delay spread value are also presented which similarly reflects the proposed two-zone model.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s19214606","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,25]],"date-time":"2019-10-25T03:20:36Z","timestamp":1571973636000},"page":"4606","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["A Radio Channel Model for D2D Communications Blocked by Single Trees in Forest Environments"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2109-4731","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Imanol","family":"Picallo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electric, Electronic and Communication Engineering, Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7404-6413","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hicham","family":"Klaina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Signal theory and Communications, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8411-1928","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Peio","family":"Lopez-Iturri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electric, Electronic and Communication Engineering, Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain"},{"name":"Institute for Smart Cities, Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7882-1453","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Erik","family":"Aguirre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electric, Electronic and Communication Engineering, Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain"},{"name":"Institute for Smart Cities, Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7880-8224","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mikel","family":"Celaya-Echarri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey 64849, Mexico"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3821-0105","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Leyre","family":"Azpilicueta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey 64849, Mexico"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alejandro","family":"Eguiz\u00e1bal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electric, Electronic and Communication Engineering, Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4911-9753","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Francisco","family":"Falcone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electric, Electronic and Communication Engineering, Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain"},{"name":"Institute for Smart Cities, Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3426-2909","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ana","family":"Alejos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Signal theory and Communications, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Lopez-Iturri, P., Aguirre, E., Trigo, J.D., Astrain, J.J., Azpilicueta, L., Serrano, L., Villadangos, J., and Falcone, F. 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