Statistical modeling of propagation channels for Terahertz band

Ali Riza Ekti, Ali Boyaci, Altan Alparslan, Ilhami Unal, Serhan Yarkan, Ali Gorcin, Huseyin Arslan, Murat Uysal

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Abstract

Digital revolution and recent advances in telecommunications technology enable to design communication systems which operate within the regions close to the theoretical capacity limits. Ever-increasing demand for wireless communications and emerging numerous high-capacity services and applications mandate providers to employ more bandwidth-oriented solutions to meet the requirements. Trend and predictions point out that marketplace targets data rates around 10Gbps or even more within the upcoming decade. It is clear that such rates could only be achieved by employing more bandwidth with the state-of-The-Art technology. Considering the fact that bands in the range of 275GHz-3000GHz, which are known as Terahertz (THz) bands, are not allocated yet for specific active services around the globe, there is an enormous potential to achieve the desired data rates. Although THz bands look promising to achieve data rates on the order of several tens of Gbps, realization of fully operational THz communications systems obliges to carry out a multidisciplinary effort including statistical propagation and channel characterizations, adaptive transceiver designs, reconfigurable platforms, advanced signal processing algorithms and techniques along with upper layer protocols equipped with various security and privacy levels. Therefore, in this study, several important statistical parameters for line-of-sight (LOS) channels are measured. High resolution frequency domain measurements are carried out at single-sweep within a span of 60GHz. Impact of antenna misalignment under LOS conditions is also investigated. By validating exponential decay of the received power in both time and frequency domain, path loss exponent is examined for different frequencies along with the frequency-dependent path loss phenomenon. Furthermore, impact of humidity is also tested under LOS scenario. Measurement results are presented along with relevant discussions and future directions are provided as well.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2017 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking, CSCN 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages275-280
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538630709
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 27 2017
Event2017 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking, CSCN 2017 - Helsinki, Finland
Duration: Sep 18 2017Sep 20 2017

Publication series

Name2017 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking, CSCN 2017

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking, CSCN 2017
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityHelsinki
Period9/18/179/20/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture

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