Radio propagation measurement and cluster-based analysis for millimeter-wave cellular systems in dense urban environments

Peize ZHANG; Haiming WANG; Wei HONG

doi:10.1631/FITEE.2000489

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Radio propagation measurement and cluster-based analysis for millimeter-wave cellular systems in dense urban environments

Special Issue on High-Throughput Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communications | Updated：2022-05-19

- Radio propagation measurement and cluster-based analysis for millimeter-wave cellular systems in dense urban environments
- 密集城区场景毫米波电波传播测量和分簇信道建模
- Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering Vol. 22, Issue 4, Pages: 471-487(2021)
- Affiliations：
  
  State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
  Purple Mountain Laboratories, Nanjing 211111, China
- Author bio：
  
  [ "ZHANG Peize, E-mail: pzzhang@seu.edu.cn" ]
  Haiming WANG, hmwang@seu.edu.cn
  [ "HONG Wei, E-mail: weihong@seu.edu.cn" ]
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1631/FITEE.2000489
  CLC： TN929.5
- Received：23 September 2020，
  
  Revised：2021-;3-;3，
  
  Published：2021-04
- Accepted：
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Peize ZHANG, Haiming WANG, Wei HONG. Radio propagation measurement and cluster-based analysis for millimeter-wave cellular systems in dense urban environments[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2021, 22(4): 471-487.
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Peize ZHANG, Haiming WANG, Wei HONG. Radio propagation measurement and cluster-based analysis for millimeter-wave cellular systems in dense urban environments[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2021, 22(4): 471-487. DOI： 10.1631/FITEE.2000489.

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Abstract

The deployment of millimeter-wave (mmWave) cellular systems in dense urban environments with an acceptable coverage and cost-efficient transmission scheme is essential for the rollout of fifth-generation and beyond technology. In this paper

cluster-based analysis of mmWave channel characteristics in two typical dense urban environments is performed. First

radio propagation measurement campaigns are conducted in two identified mmWave bands of 28 and 39 GHz in a central business district and a dense residential area. The custom-designed channel sounder supports high-efficiency directional scanning sounding

which helps collect sufficient data for statistical channel modeling. Next

using an improved auto-clustering algorithm

multipath clusters and their scattering sources are identified. An appropriate measure for inter- and intra-cluster characteristics is provided

which includes the cluster number

the Ricean

-factor

root-mean-squared (RMS) delay spread

RMS angular spread

and their correlations. Comparisons of these parameters across two mmWave bands for both line-of-sight (LoS) and non-light-of-sight (NLoS) links are given. To shed light on the blockage effects

detailed analysis of the propagation mechanisms corresponding to each NLoS cluster is provided

including reflection from exterior walls and diffraction over building corners and rooftops. Finally

the results show that the cluster-based analysis takes full advantage of mmWave beamspace channel characteristics and has further implications for the design and deployment of mmWave wireless networks.

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