60GHz室内天线位置优化与天线选择策略

采用多天线技术的60 GHz无线通信被认为是未来室内场景下高数据率宽带无线接入一种有前途的解决方案。参考802.11ad工作小组采用的60 GHz信道模型,根据60 GHz路径损耗公式提出的分布式天线系统间距的优化方案可以保证房间内功率覆盖的均匀性。在此基础上,进一步分析60 GHz多天线系统在不同链路条件下的信道条件数关系,提出一种基于信道条件数的天线选择策略。该策略利用信道条件数判断信道性能,既保证了通信质量,又适时降低系统总功率,切换简单、易于操作,适用于60 GHz室内无线通信。     

Characterization of On-Body Communication Channel and Energy Efficient Topology Design for Wireless Body Area Networks

Wireless body area networks (WBANs) offer many promising new applications in the area of remote health monitoring. An important element in the development of a WBAN is the characterization of the physical layer of the network, including an estimation of the delay spread and the path loss between two nodes on the body. This paper discusses the propagation channel between two half-wavelength dipoles at 2.45 GHz, placed near a human body and presents an application for cross-layer design in order to optimize the energy consumption of different topologies. Propagation measurements are performed on real humans in a multipath environment, considering different parts of the body separately. In addition, path loss has been numerically investigated with an anatomically correct model of the human body in free space using a 3-D electromagnetic solver. Path loss parameters and time-domain channel characteristics are extracted from the measurement and simulation data. A semi-empirical path loss model is presented for an antenna height above the body of 5 mm and antenna separations from 5 cm up to 40 cm. A time-domain analysis is performed and models are presented for the mean excess delay and the delay spread. As a cross-layer application, the proposed path loss models are used to evaluate the energy efficiency of single-hop and multihop network topologies.      

Channel Models for Body Surface Communications in Ultra Wideband-Based Wireless Body Area Networks

Body area networks are being developed to serve a wide range of purposes ranging from providing health care to patients on the move to tracking patients and motion sensing for gaming controls. There has been significant and sizeable amount of research in the various areas and applications of body area networks. Ultra wideband which operates in the 3.1–10.6 GHz band is slowly being preferred for high data rate communication in body area networks. The development of suitable applications and techniques for communication depends significantly on the channel models. The wireless channel is a crucial parameter as it provides significant information about the propagation characteristics and losses involved in the transmission medium. The existing channel models proposed are mostly in the spectra involving the wideband 3.1–10.6 GHz bands or the 3.1–6 GHz bands. However, the IEEE 802.15.6 specifies operation in various sub-bands of 499.2 MHz width. And the channel characteristics are significantly different for wideband and narrowband channels. In this article, we propose empirical channel models for body surface communication in the various sub-bands specified by the IEEE 802.15.6. The body surface scenario is chosen as the combination of propagation through wireless media and losses due to absorption from body tissues make it challenging. The proposed path loss models are developed from more than 300,000 received power measurements collected over a span of hours.     

Some experimental investigations in the WiMAX band and comparison of propagation models in mixed urban environments of Western India

This paper presents the analysis of measurements taken at 2.3?GHz in the mixed urban environments of Western India for 17 WiMAX base stations. Coverage predictions using various models and their comparison with observed data have been carried out. Measured path loss is compared with the theoretical path loss values estimated by COST-231 Hata model, the SUI model, the ECC model, and ITU-R (P.1411-1) model. This investigation is essential to provide last mile broadband wireless access, before deploying WiMAX. Path loss exponents, mean errors, and standard deviations of all the prediction methods were deduced and suitable models for path loss prediction methods were identified.     

Statistical channel impulse response models for factory and openplan building radio communicate system design

Statistical radio channel impulse response models are presented for the analysis and design of wireless factory and open plan office communication systems. The models incorporate first- and second-order statistics to characterize the discrete impulse responses of indoor radio channels for both line-of-sight (LOS) and obstructed (OBS) topographies. The effects of large-scale transmitter-receiver separation distance, small-scale receiver movement, and models for the correlation of multipath component amplitudes over 1 m local areas are developed from 1.3 GHz measurements. SIRCIM, a computer simulator based on the models presented, has recreated multipath power delay profiles and CW fading profiles that are representative of measured data. Large-scale models for path loss are implicitly included in this work     

面向6G的毫米波多频段多天线信道测量系统构建及实测验证

毫米波是5G和6G无线通信系统的关键技术.设计满足6G多频段、多天线、高动态范围需求的信道测量系统是6G无线信道研究面临的首要挑战.针对这一需求,本文构建了一种毫米波多频段多天线信道测量系统,可以覆盖24.25～28.5 GHz、31.8～33.4 GHz、37～42.5 GHz等毫米波频段,支持最高16×16天线配置.首先介绍该信道测量系统的架构与性能指标,提出多通道并行校准方案以及测量数据处理算法;其次,基于该信道测量系统开展26 GHz室内外场景的信道测量实验,分析路径损耗、时延扩展以及奇异值扩展等信道统计特性.通过对实测结果分析,验证了该信道探测器用于毫米波段测量的有效性.     

Modeling of 3D In—Building Propagation by Ray Tracing Technique

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Enabling technologies for wireless in-building networkcommunications-four technical challenges, four solutions

A wireless in-building network is proposed, raising the possibility that at least part of the hard-wired infrastructure may no longer be needed. This wireless network is based on the refinement of cellular radio techniques in the 18 GHz range. The basic set of problems this technology addresses is described. These are the minimum performance and features required of a viable in-building wireless technology, the range of options available in selecting a design approach for such a system, and the technical problems that were faced in developing a microcellular wireless in-building system     

ATM infrared wireless LANs: a proposed architecture

As infrared wireless LANs for in-building applications become more popular because of their many advantages, it is of interest to design such LANs to support the ATM protocol and therefore provide wireless access to fixed ATM networks. The architecture of such a LAN is presented in this article. Emphasis is placed on the protocol stacks of the model to provide seamless operation with the wired network, on the cellular topology, and on the MAC protocol. Under the proposed topology the system performance is revealed in terms of packet dropping probability, average access delay, channel throughput, and statistical multiplexing gain for a range of system parameters     

室内6.05 GHz和2.45 GHz多输入多输出无线信道特性对比分析

为了明确高频段室内多输入多输出（Multiple-Input Multiple-Output,MIMO)无线信道与传统低频段的差异,采用基于矢量网络分析仪搭建的测量平台对典型室内环境下6.05 GHz频段和2.45 GHz频段MIMO无线信道进行测量和对比分析.基于300组高低频宽带MIMO信道测量数据,对比传输损耗、时延扩展、空间相关等大小尺度衰落特性.并阐明高频段无线空时信道新特性,分析新特性为系统设计带来的新问题.对比发现,6.05 GHz高频段与传统的2.45 GHz频段室内MIMO无线信道存在显著的差异.与2.45 GHz相比,6.05 GHz频段的传输损耗更大,时延扩展更严重,空间相关更低.在将低频段MIMO移动通信向高频段扩展时,这些差异要给予充分的重视.     

Path loss and delay spread for the stairwell channel at 5 GHz

Measured channel characterization results are provided for six stairwells in the 5‐GHz band, for two distinct stairwell types and two antenna polarizations. The stairwell channel is of interest for several applications, including Wi‐Fi and public safety. Although other authors have reported stairwell path loss for other frequency bands (900 MHz, 2.4, 5.8 GHz), to our knowledge, ours is the first work at 5 GHz. More significantly, we report on floor attenuation factors and delay spread, which prior work has not thoroughly addressed. We measured power delay profiles and from these estimated propagation path loss and root‐mean square delay spread (RMS‐DS). Path loss exponents were between 5.5 and 8.3, and vertically polarized monopoles yield larger path loss and path loss exponents than horizontal polarization. Mean RMS‐DS values ranged from 15 to 57 ns for link distances covering up to three flights of stairs. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A Propagation-Measurement-Based Evaluation of Channel Characteristics and Models Pertinent to the Expansion of Mobile Radio Systems to Frequencies Beyond 2 GHz

This paper concerns the measurement-based comparison of urban microcellular mobile radio channel characteristics at 1.9 GHz and a higher frequency, i.e., 5.8 GHz, where future wireless systems could operate. Characteristics that are reported include transmission loss, root-mean-square delay spread, frequency correlation, and envelope fading statistics. Conclusions are drawn concerning whether significant differences in the performance of mobile radio links operating under the same signal-to-noise ratio conditions in the two bands would be expected in the area where the measurements were made     

近水面2.4GHz信号传播损耗模型的校正研究

无线传感器网络的性能很大程度上受限于无线信道的特性。随着物联网事业飞速发展,近水面环境下2.4 GHz信号传播路径损耗模型的研究已成为无线传感器网络研究的重要课题之一。在近水面的环境下,针对基于IEEE802.15.4标准的2.4 GHz信号传播特性进行了实测研究,并利用最小二乘法对双射线模型进行拟合分析得到经验公式。研究结果表明:校正后的经验公式更符合实际环境中的信号传播路径损耗特点,这也为未来大规模铺设近水面无线传感器网络提供理论指导作用。     

Measurements and characterization of wideband indoor radio channel at 60 GHz

This paper presents the measurements, the statistical results and channel models extracted by impulse response measurements of an indoor 60 GHz radio channel. The measurements were based on the pulse sounding technique. Multipath parameters that characterize the channel have been extracted and analyzed statistically concerning corridors and offices locations. The mean excess delay is in the range of 3.84 to 8.18 ns for hallways and 3.52 to 14.69 ns for offices. Additionally, rms delay spread varies from 12.34 to 15.04 ns in corridors and from 12.56 to 21.09 ns inside the laboratory. The coherence bandwidth varies between 13.88 and 30.49 MHz in corridors with a mean value of 22.48 MHz. Inside offices the mean coherence bandwidth is 22.80 MHz for LoS locations and drops to 7.05 MHz for NLoS. Small-scale models for all the measured locations were developed using tapped delay lines. The maximum Doppler frequency of the modeled channel remains around 1 Hz, whereas the coherence time is calculated 1.04 s, which indicates that the channel remains, almost stationary, exhibiting very slow fading. Finally, from the models it is derived that the channel preserves WSS and US characteristics giving rise to a WSSUS representation.     

Propagation measurements and modeling of LMDS radio channel in Singapore

The paper reports propagation measurements conducted in urban, suburban, and rural environments of Singapore at 27.4 GHz and studies on excess loss, K-factor, mean delay, and delay-spread characteristics. Also, static and time-variant channel impulse response (IR) models, developed from the measurements, are reported. The static channel IR models are classified into good, moderate, and bad channel types according to the signal reception quality. A generalized tapped delay-line model is presented to represent the time-varying complex channel IR. Finally, the delay characteristics from simple channel IR simulations are compared with the measured results.     

基于改进射线跟踪法和BP神经网络算法的室外微蜂窝毫米波信道特性研究

在28 GHz与39 GHz毫米波频段室外微蜂窝场景下,基于改进射线跟踪法和反向传播(back propagation,BP)神经网络算法对毫米波单发单收信道及单发多收信道进行建模仿真研究.在得到的无线信道仿真数据基础上,研究分析了毫米波信道的路径损耗、均方根(root-mean-square,RMS)时延扩展(del...     

面向6G的无线通信信道特性分析与建模

在28 GHz与39 GHz毫米波频段室外微蜂窝场景下,基于改进射线跟踪法和反向传播(back propagation, BP)神经网络算法对毫米波单发单收信道及单发多收信道进行建模仿真研究. 在得到的无线信道仿真数据基础上,研究分析了毫米波信道的路径损耗、均方根(root-mean-square, RMS)时延扩展(delay spread, DS)、接收功率等传播特性. 通过与现有文献的测量结果对比分析验证了改进射线跟踪法的正确性与有效性. 通过BP神经网络方法拟合得到的路径损耗模型参数结果与改进射线跟踪法仿真得到的路径损耗参数结果对比发现,两者吻合程度很高,验证了BP神经网络算法能很好地对室外微蜂窝毫米波信道大尺度参数进行预测. 同时,文中给出了一种普遍适用的用来表征室外微蜂窝视距(line-of-sight, LoS)与非视距(non-line-of-sight, NLoS)场景下28 GHz与39 GHz毫米波信道的路径损耗模型. 结果表明：LoS场景下的RMS DS和接收功率都小于NLoS场景下得到的结果;LoS场景与NLoS场景下RMS DS、水平方向到达角、多径簇的个数累积分布函数均服从高斯分布;RMS DS在毫米波频段微蜂窝场景下,随着频率的升高而增大,到达接收端的多径成簇呈现稀疏性.     

Comparison of video protection methods for wireless networks

An experimental comparison of video protection methods targeted for wireless networks is presented. Basic methods are the data partitioning, reversible variable length coding, and macroblock row interleaving as well as macroblock scattering for packet loss protection. An implementation is described, in which scalable video is protected unequally with forward error correcting codes and retransmissions. Comparisons are performed for simulated wideband code division multiple access channel, and measurements are carried out with wireless local area network, Bluetooth as well as with GSM high speed circuit switched data. For the measurements, point-to-point connections are used. The achieved video quality is examined in our real-time wireless video demonstrator. The performance is measured with peak-signal-to-noise-ratio of received video, data overhead, communication delay, number of lost video frames, and decoding frame rate. Results show that the quality of decoded video can be improved by 1 dB with transparent connections compared to connections designed for general packet data. As a conclusion, a video coding subsystem must have access to the error control in a wireless link for the best quality in varying conditions.     

Propagation measurements for fixed wireless loops (FWL) in asuburban region with foliage and terrain blockages

We present the results of propagation measurements at 2.485 GHz for fixed wireless loops. Path loss measurements were performed and characterized at 43 subscriber locations around a base station antenna located on top of Crawford Hill in Holmdel, NJ. This suburban location is characterized by rolling hills, foliage, and terrain blockages. Temporal and horizontal motion path loss fluctuations were found to be uncorrelated, each characterized by a different Ricean distribution. Lower r.m.s. delay spreads were obtained with directive subscriber antennas than with omni-directional antennas. No substantial gain loss (less than 2 dB) of subscribers' directive antennas was observed. The effects of trees, with foliage, surrounding the base station upon the path loss and the ratio of scattered power to specular power are also examined. The distance exponent of path loss versus distance (about 1.5) was observed to be less than free-space. Diffraction loss from hilltop trees, shadowing the base station, are suspected to be the cause. This loss decreases as the remote moves further away and comes out of the shadow. Scattered power from directions other than line-of-sight was observed to be as high as one half of the specular contribution when tree scattering near the base station was significant     

Performance of UWB Receivers with Partial CSI Using a Simple Body Area Network Channel Model

Ultra wideband (UWB) communication is a very promising candidate for the use in wireless body area networks (BAN). The high UWB peak data rate allows for medium average data rates in combination with a very low duty cycle, which is the key for a very low power consumption. Devices in a wireless BAN require low complexity. Hence, mainly non-coherent receivers such as energy detector and transmitted-reference receiver are suited. In this paper, the symbol-wise maximum-likelihood (ML) detectors for pulse position modulation (PPM) and transmitted reference pulse amplitude modulation (TR PAM) are derived assuming partial channel state information (CSI) at the receiver. Additionally, also the ML detectors for a combination of PPM and TR PAM are presented. The performance of the derived receiver structures is evaluated using a novel BAN channel model not distinguishing line-of-sight and non line-of-sight situations. This simple channel model is based on 1100 channel measurements in the frequency range between 2 and 8 GHz, which were measured in an anechoic chamber. Using the BAN channel model, performance of the derived receiver structures is evaluated showing that the knowledge of the average power delay profile (APDP) at the receiver improves performance substantially. Requiring only slightly more complexity such receivers are a well suited alternative to non-coherent receivers for the use in a BAN.