TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental study of fog and suspended water effects on the 5G millimeter wave communication channel
AU - Etinger, Ariel
AU - Golovachev, Yosef
AU - Shoshanim, Ofir
AU - Pinhasi, Gad A.
AU - Pinhasi, Yosef
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - Controlled experiments were conducted to examine the effect of fog on signal propagation in wireless communication and radar links operating in millimeter wavelengths. The experiments were carried out in a fog laboratory to verify theoretical results obtained from Liebe’s model. Attenuation and phase shifts of millimeter wave (mmW) radiation were measured, at different fog density characterized by the visibility distance and its water vapor content. Utilizing a vector network analyzer (VNA) enabled us to examine the actual atmospheric attenuation and the phase shift caused by the fog retardation. The experimental results demonstrate good agreement with the simulations even for very low visibility in highly dense fog. The study can be used to estimate link budget of mmW wireless links, including those allocated for the fifth generation (5G) of cellular networks.
AB - Controlled experiments were conducted to examine the effect of fog on signal propagation in wireless communication and radar links operating in millimeter wavelengths. The experiments were carried out in a fog laboratory to verify theoretical results obtained from Liebe’s model. Attenuation and phase shifts of millimeter wave (mmW) radiation were measured, at different fog density characterized by the visibility distance and its water vapor content. Utilizing a vector network analyzer (VNA) enabled us to examine the actual atmospheric attenuation and the phase shift caused by the fog retardation. The experimental results demonstrate good agreement with the simulations even for very low visibility in highly dense fog. The study can be used to estimate link budget of mmW wireless links, including those allocated for the fifth generation (5G) of cellular networks.
KW - 5th generation of cellular communications (5G)
KW - Antennas and propagation
KW - Millimeter waves communications
KW - The electromagnetic spectrum
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U2 - 10.3390/electronics9050720
DO - 10.3390/electronics9050720
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AN - SCOPUS:85083880243
SN - 2079-9292
VL - 9
JO - Electronics (Switzerland)
JF - Electronics (Switzerland)
IS - 5
M1 - 720
ER -