2 research outputs found
Study of Realistic Antenna Patterns in 5G mmWave Cellular Scenarios
Large antenna arrays and millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequencies have been
attracting growing attention as possible candidates to meet the high
requirements of future 5G mobile networks. In view of the large path loss
attenuation in these bands, beamforming techniques that create a beam in the
direction of the user equipment are essential to perform the transmission. For
this purpose, in this paper, we aim at characterizing realistic antenna
radiation patterns, motivated by the need to properly capture mmWave
propagation behaviors and understand the achievable performance in 5G cellular
scenarios. In particular, we highlight how the performance changes with the
radiation pattern used. Consequently, we conclude that it is crucial to use an
accurate and realistic radiation model for proper performance assessment and
system dimensioning.Comment: to be published in 2018 IEEE ICC Communications QoS, Reliability, and
Modeling Symposium (ICC18 CQRM), Kansas City, USA, May 201
Interference Model Similarity Index and Its Applications to Millimeter-Wave Networks
In wireless communication networks, interference models are routinely used for tasks, such as performance analysis, optimization, and protocol design. These tasks are heavily affected by the accuracy and tractability of the interference models. Yet, quantifying the accuracy of these models remains a major challenge. In this paper, we propose a new index for assessing the accuracy of any interference model under any network scenario. Specifically, it is based on a new index that quantifies the ability of any interference model in correctly predicting harmful interference events, that is, link outages. We consider specific wireless scenario of both conventional sub-6 GHz and millimeter-wave networks and demonstrate how our index yields insights into the possibility of simplifying the set of dominant interferers, replacing a Nakagami or Rayleigh random fading by an equivalent deterministic channel, and ignoring antenna sidelobes. Our analysis reveals that in highly directional antenna settings with obstructions, even simple interference models (such as the classical protocol model) are accurate, while with omnidirectional antennas, more sophisticated and complex interference models (such as the classical physical model) are necessary. Our new approach makes it possible to adopt the simplest interference model of adequate accuracy for every wireless network