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Accurate radio wave propagation modeling is essential for effective spectrum management by regulators and network deployment by operators. This paper investigates the ITU-R P.1812-7 (P.1812) propagation model's reliance on geospatial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-22 Mathieu Chateauvert , Jonathan Ethier , Adrian Florea

To fully exploit the millimeter-wave bands for the fifth generation cellular systems, an accurate understanding of the channel propagation characteristics is required, and hence extensive measurement campaigns in different environments are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-22 Fatih Erden , Ozgur Ozdemir , Ismail Guvenc

In this paper, we present detailed low-altitude channel measurements at the FR3 band in an outdoor campus environment. Using a time-domain channel sounder system, we conduct two types of measurements: path loss measurements by moving the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-17 Yulu Guo , Tongjia Zhang , Xiangwen Gu , Shu Sun , Meixia Tao , Ruifeng Gao

Millimeter wave (mmWave) 5th generation (5G) networks offer high data rates but face coverage challenges due to severe path loss and blockage. These problems motivate the use of Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) as a flexible wireless…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Alessandro Traspadini , Matteo Pagin , Raphaël Ihamouine , Rupert Lucas , Andrew Noren , Michele Zorzi , Marco Giordani

This letter presents a probabilistic omnidirectional millimeter-wave path loss model based on real-world 28 GHz and 73 GHz measurements collected in New York City. The probabilistic path loss approach uses a free space line-of-sight…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Mathew K. Samimi , Theodore S. Rappaport , George R. MacCartney

In this paper, we characterize the adaptive multiple path loss exponent (AMPLE) radio propagation model under urban macrocell (UMa) and urban microcell (UMi) scenarios from 0.85-5 GHz using Ranplan Professional. We first enhance the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-17 Lingyou Zhou , Xin Dong , Kehai Qiu , Gang Yu , Jie Zhang , Jiliang Zhang

Radio resource management in cellular networks is typically based on device measurements reported to the serving base station. Frequent measuring of signal quality on available frequencies would allow for highly reliable networks and…

Applications · Statistics 2019-03-04 Caroline Svahn , Oleg Sysoev , Mirsad Čirkić , Fredrik Gunnarsson , Joel Berglund

The next generation of wireless communication is expected to harness the potential of the sub-THz bands to achieve exceptional performance and ubiquitous connectivity. However, network simulators such as ns-3 currently lack support for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-12 Hitesh Poddar , Akhileswar Chowdary , Theodore S. Rappaport , Marwa Chafii

It is becoming clear that 5G wireless systems will encompass frequencies from around 500 MHz all the way to around 100 GHz. To adequately assess the performance of 5G systems in these different bands, path loss (PL) models will need to be…

The design of cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) systems requires accurate, measurement-based channel models. This paper provides the first results from the by far most extensive outdoor measurement campaign for CF-mMIMO channels in an urban…

Accurate path loss (PL) prediction is crucial for successful network planning, antenna design, and performance optimization in wireless communication systems. Several conventional approaches for PL prediction have been adopted, but they…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-02 Ferdaous Tarhouni , Muneer AlZubi , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Owning abundant bandwidth resources, the Terahertz (THz) band (0.1-10~THz) is envisioned as a key technology to realize ultra-high-speed communications in 6G and beyond wireless networks. To realize reliable THz communications in urban…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-29 Yuanbo Li , Yiqin Wang , Yejian Lyu , Ziming Yu , Chong Han

Millimeter wave (mmWave) holds promise as a carrier frequency for fifth generation cellular networks. Because mmWave signals are sensitive to blockage, prior models for cellular networks operated in the ultra high frequency (UHF) band do…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-10-21 Tianyang Bai , Robert W. Heath

Accurate characterization of Terahertz (THz) band path loss is critical for reliable high-frequency communication, especially in aerial networks where transceivers may operate at different altitudes. Existing THz-band path loss models for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-01 Sina Jorjani , Caglar Tunc , Ozgur Gurbuz , Akhtar Saeed

Millimeter wave (mmW) frequencies between 30 and 300 GHz are a new frontier for cellular communication that offers the promise of orders of magnitude greater bandwidths combined with further gains via beamforming and spatial multiplexing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-04-29 Sundeep Rangan , Theodore S. Rappaport , Elza Erkip

Radio path loss prediction (RPP) is critical for optimizing 5G networks and enabling IoT, smart city, and similar applications. However, current deep learning-based RPP methods lack proactive environmental modeling, struggle with realistic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-30 Zhijie Zhong , Zhiwen Yu , Pengyu Li , Jianming Lv , C. L. Philip Chen , Min Chen

In this work, we present the results of a wideband measurement campaign at 60 GHz conducted inside a Linkker electric city bus. Targeting prospective millimeter-wave (mmWave) public transportation wearable scenarios, we mimic a typical…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-02-07 Vasilii Semkin , Aleksei Ponomarenko-Timofeev , Aki Karttunen , Olga Galinina , Sergey Andreev , Yevgeni Koucheryavy

In this paper, we present new measurement results to model large-scale path loss, angular spread and channel sparsity at the sub-THz (141-145 GHz) band, for both indoor and outdoor scenarios. Extensive measurement campaigns have been…

The WiFi landscape is rapidly changing over the last years, responding to the new needs of wireless communications. IEEE 802.11ax is the next fast-approaching standard, addressing some of today's biggest performance challenges specifically…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-12-04 Toni Adame , Marc Carrascosa , Boris Bellalta

Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks will become an integral part of the global telecommunication infrastructure. Modeling the radio-links of these networks and their interaction with existing terrestrial systems is crucial for the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-05 Stephan Jaeckel , Leszek Raschkowski , Lars Thiele