Statistical Characterization of 60-GHz Indoor Radio Channels

Author

Smulders, Peter F M

Author_Institution

Eindhoven Univ. of Technol. (TU/e), Eindhoven, Netherlands

Volume

57

Issue

10

fYear

2009

Firstpage

2820

Lastpage

2829

Abstract

An extensive review of the statistical characterization of 60-GHz indoor radio channels is provided from a large number of published measurement and modeling results. First, the most prominent driver applications for 60 GHz are considered in order to identify those environment types that need to be characterized most urgently. Large-scale fading is addressed yielding path-loss parameter values for a generic 60-GHz indoor channel model as well as for the office environment in particular. In addition, the small-scale channel behavior is reviewed including the modeling of time-of-arrival and angle-of-arrival details and statistical parameters related to delay spread, angular spread and Doppler spread. Finally, some research directions for future channel characterization are given.

Keywords

direction-of-arrival estimation; fading channels; indoor radio; millimetre wave antennas; statistical analysis; time-of-arrival estimation; Doppler spread; angle-of-arrival; angular spread; antenna gain; delay spread; frequency 60 GHz; indoor radio channel; large-scale fading channel; path-loss parameter value; statistical characterization; time-of-arrival; Antennas and propagation; Fading; High definition video; Indoor environments; Indoor radio communication; Large-scale systems; Performance loss; Propagation losses; Standardization; Wireless LAN; 60 GHz; Angular spread; Doppler spread; channel characterization; delay spread; indoor radio channel; millimeter-wave propagation; multipath channels; path loss; statistical characteristics; wideband channel measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2009.2030524

Filename

5208265