Path Loss Investigation in Hall Environment at Centimeter and Millimeter-Wave Bands

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 22; no. 17; p. 6593
• Main Authors: Samad, Md Abdus, Choi, Dong-You, Choi, Kwonhue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 31.08.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Analysis; Antennas; Antennas (Electronics); Bandwidths; Communications equipment; Experiments; Global positioning systems; GPS; hall; Horn antennas; indoor; interference; Investigations; Line of sight; Localization; Millimeter waves; path loss; Power supply; Propagation; Radio communications; Radio waves; Receivers & amplifiers; Transmitters; wave propagation; South Korea
• ISSN: 1424-8220; 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s22176593

The millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequency is considered a viable radio wave band for fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks, owing to its ability to access a vast spectrum of resources. However, mmWave suffers from undesirable characteristics such as increased attenuation during transmission. Therefore, a well-fitted path loss model to a specific environment can help manage optimal power delivery in the receiver and optimal transmitter power in the transmitter in the mmWave band. This study investigates large-scale path loss models in a university hall environment with a real-measured path loss dataset using directional horn antennas in co-polarization (H–H) and tracking antenna systems (TAS) in line-of-sight (LOS) circumstances between the transmitter and receptor at mmWave and centimeter-level bands. Although the centimeter-level band is used in certain industrialized nations, path loss characteristics in a university hall environment have not been well-examined. Consequently, this study aims to bridge this research gap. The results of this study indicate that, in general, the large-scale floating-intercept (FI) model gives a satisfactory performance in fitting the path loss both in the center and wall side links.