This paper presents 73 GHz wideband outdoor foliage and ground reflection
measurements. Propagation measurements were made with a 400 Megachip-per-second
sliding correlator channel sounder, with rotatable 27 dBi (7 degrees half-
power beamwidth) horn antennas at both the transmitter and receiver, to study
foliage-induced scattering and de-polarization effects, to assist in developing
future wireless systems that will use adaptive array antennas. Signal
attenuation through foliage was measured to be 0.4 dB/m for both co- and
cross-polarized antenna configurations. Measured ground reflection coefficients
for dirt and gravel ranged from 0.02 to 0.34, for incident angles ranging from
60 degrees to 81 degrees (with respect to the normal incidence of the surface).
These data are useful for link budget design and site-specific (ray-tracing)
models for future millimeter-wave communication systems.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, 2015 IEEE International Conference on
Communications (ICC), ICC Workshop