With abundant bandwidth resource, the Terahertz band (0.1~THz to 10~THz) is
envisioned as a key technology to realize ultra-high data rates in the 6G and
beyond mobile communication systems. However, moving to the THz band, existing
channel models dedicated for microwave or millimeter-wave bands are
ineffective. To fill this research gap, extensive channel measurement campaigns
and characterizations are necessary. In this paper, using a frequency-domain
Vector Network Analyzer (VNA)-based sounder, a measurement campaign is
conducted in the outdoor atrium of a building in 306-321 GHz band. The measured
data are further processed to obtain the channel transfer functions (CTFs),
parameters of multipath components (MPCs), as well as clustering results. Based
on the MPC parameters, the channel characteristics, such as path loss, shadow
fading, K-factor, etc., are calculated and analyzed. The extracted channel
characteristics and numerology are helpful to study channel modeling and guide
system design for THz communications.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:2203.16745 by other author