An autoregressive (AR) first order model is often used for modelling wireless channels. This is done in spite of the fact that a satisfactory physical explanation for this model has been missing. However, in the recent paper [Feng, Field and Haykin. 2007] derive a model in form of a first order stochastic differential equation (SDE) from a stochastic description of the scattered electric field. After discretizing this SDE, a physically motivated first order AR model is obtained.