3D mmWave Channel Model Proposal

There is growing interest in using millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies for future access communications based on the enormous amount of available spectrum. To characterize the mmWave channel in urban areas, wideband propagation measurements at 73 GHz have recently been made in New York City. Using...

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Published inIEEE Vehicular Technology Conference pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors Thomas, Timothy A., Huan Cong Nguyen, MacCartney, George R., Rappaport, Theodore S.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.09.2014
Subjects
Antenna measurements
Channel models
Data models
Delays
Loss measurement
Ray tracing
Three-dimensional displays
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ISSN1090-3038
DOI10.1109/VTCFall.2014.6965800

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Summary:There is growing interest in using millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies for future access communications based on the enormous amount of available spectrum. To characterize the mmWave channel in urban areas, wideband propagation measurements at 73 GHz have recently been made in New York City. Using the measurements, a ray-tracing study has been conducted using databases for the same environments as the measurements, allowing a simple ray-tracer to predict measured statistics such as path loss and angles of arrival in the same physical environment of the measurements. In this paper a preliminary 3GPP-style 3D mmWave channel model is developed with special emphasis on using the ray tracer to determine elevation model parameters. The channel model includes distance-dependent elevation modeling which is critical for the expected 2D arrays which will be employed at mmWave.
ISSN:1090-3038
DOI:10.1109/VTCFall.2014.6965800