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Simplified Ray Tracing for the Millimeter Wave Channel: A Performance Evaluation

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Author(s)

Mattia Lecci, Paolo Testolina, Marco Giordani, Michele Polese, Tanguy Ropitault, Camillo Gentile, Neeraj Varshney, Michele Zorzi

Abstract

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication is one of the cornerstone innovations of fifth- generation (5G) wireless networks, thanks to the massive bandwidth available in these frequency bands. To correctly assess the performance of such systems, however, it is fundamental to have reliable channel models, based on a deep understanding of the propagation characteristics of the mmWave signal. In this respect, ray tracers can provide high accuracy, at the expense of a significant computational complexity, which limits the scalability of simulations. To address this issue, in this paper we present possible simplifications that can reduce the complexity of ray tracing in the mmWave environment, without significantly affecting the accuracy of the model. We evaluate the effect of such simplifications on linklevel metrics, testing different configuration parameters and propagation scenarios.
Proceedings Title
2020 Information Theory and Applications Workshop
Conference Dates
February 2-7, 2020
Conference Location
San Diego, CA, US

Keywords

5G, wireless networks, mmWave

Citation

Lecci, M. , Testolina, P. , Giordani, M. , Polese, M. , Ropitault, T. , Gentile, C. , Varshney, N. and Zorzi, M. (2020), Simplified Ray Tracing for the Millimeter Wave Channel: A Performance Evaluation, 2020 Information Theory and Applications Workshop, San Diego, CA, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=929748 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created February 13, 2020, Updated October 12, 2021