The goal of this article is to investigate the propagation behavior of 28-GHz millimeter wave in coniferous forests and model its basic transmission loss. Field measurements were conducted with a custom-designed sliding correlator sounder. Relevant foliage regions were extracted from high-resolution LiDAR data and satellite images. Our results show that traditional foliage analysis models for lower-frequency wireless communications fail to consistently output correct path loss predictions. Novel fully automated site-specific models are proposed to resolve this issue, yielding 0.9 dB overall improvement and up to 20 dB regional improvement in root mean square errors.
@article{arxiv.1902.06798,
title = {Propagation Modeling Through Foliage in a Coniferous Forest at 28 GHz},
author = {Yaguang Zhang and Christopher R. Anderson and Nicolo Michelusi and David J. Love and Kenneth R. Baker and James V. Krogmeier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.06798},
year = {2019}
}