24 research outputs found
Ultrawideband MIMO Channel Measurements and Modeling in a Warehouse Environment
This paper presents a detailed description of a propagation channel measurement campaign performed in a warehouse environment and provide a comprehensive channel model for this environment. Using a vector network analyzer (VNA), we explored both Line-of-sight(LOS) and Non-Line-of-sight (NLOS) scenarios over a 2-8 GHz frequency range. We extracted both small-scale and large-scale channel parameters such as distance-dependent pathloss exponent (n), frequency-dependent pathloss exponent (k), shadowing variance, and amplitude fading statistics of the channel. We also provide the clustering analysis of the channel impulse responses by using a modified Saleh-Valenzuela approach. Our model is validated by comparing the distributions of the root-mean-square (RMS) delay spread obtained from our model and measurement data, respectively. The model developed can be used for realistic performance evaluations of ultrawideband (UWB) communications and localization systems in warehouse environments
Statistical Modeling of Ultrawideband MIMO Propagation Channel in a Warehouse Environment
This paper describes an extensive propagation channel measurement campaign in a warehouse environment for line-of-sight (LOS) and nonline-of-sight (NLOS) scenarios. The measurement setup employs a vector network analyzer operating in the 2-8-GHz frequency band combined with an 8×8 virtual multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna array. We develop a comprehensive statistical propagation channel model based on high-resolution extraction of multipath components and subsequent spatiotemporal clustering analysis. The intracluster direction of departure (DoD), direction of arrival (DoA), and the time of arrival (ToA) are independent, both for the LOS and NLOS scenarios. The intracluster DoD and DoA can be approximated by the Laplace distribution, and the intracluster ToA can be approximated by an exponential mixture distribution. The intercluster analysis, however, shows a dependency between the cluster DoD, DoA, and ToA. To capture this dependency, we separately model the clusters caused by single and multiple bounce scattering along the aisles in the warehouse. The intercluster DoD distribution follows a Laplace distribution, while the cluster DoA conditioned on the DoD is approximated by a Gaussian mixture distribution. The model was validated using the capacity and delay-spread values
Sparsity in the Delay-Doppler Domain for Measured 60 GHz Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication Channels
We report results from millimeter wave vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I)
channel measurements conducted on Sept. 25, 2018 in an urban street
environment, down-town Vienna, Austria. Measurements of a frequency-division
multiplexed multiple-input single-output channel have been acquired with a
time-domain channel sounder at 60 GHz with a bandwidth of 100 MHz and a
frequency resolution of 5 MHz. Two horn antennas were used on a moving
transmitter vehicle: one horn emitted a beam towards the horizon and the second
horn emitted an elevated beam at 15-degrees up-tilt. This configuration was
chosen to assess the impact of beam elevation on V2I communication channel
characteristics: propagation loss and sparsity of the local scattering function
in the delay-Doppler domain. The measurement results within urban speed limits
show high sparsity in the delay-Doppler domain.Comment: submitted to IEEE International Conference on Communication