Environment-Embedded Radiation Patterns at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies

TLDR: In this paper, the concept of environment-embedded radiation pattern is introduced and worked out in a measurement campaign at 28 GHz, where scenarios with isolated large metallic objects and people have been designed to capture scattering, specular reflection, and diffraction phenomena, all incorporated in the embedded radiation patterns.

Abstract: The millimeter-wave (mm-wave) frequency spectrum is envisioned as a way to meet the ambitious and stringent goals of the fifth-generation of mobile communications (5G). Therefore, proper characterization of environments of different nature is capital to gain insight into how such systems can become a reality. In this paper, the new concept of environment-embedded radiation pattern is introduced and worked out in a measurement campaign at 28 GHz. Scenarios with isolated large metallic objects and people have been designed to capture scattering, specular reflection, and diffraction phenomena, all incorporated in the embedded radiation patterns. The use of such environment-embedded radiation patterns is proposed for future mm-wave environments where the rich multipath assumption does not hold.