Journal of Communications and Information Networks
Channel measurement and modeling
for the 15-GHz radio band in an indoor
corridor environment
XU
Hui
1,2,3
, ZHANG Wuxiong
1,2,3
, YANG Yang
1,2,3
1. Key Lab of Wireless Sensor Network and Communication, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
2. Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
3. Shanghai Research Center for Wireless Communications, Shanghai 201210, China
Abstract: Traditional mobile communication systems mainly work on the licensed frequency band near or below 3 GHz;
however, this band is becoming increasingly crowded. On the other hand, there are abundant unlicensed spectrum resources
in higher frequency bands, e.g., 6 GHz, 15 GHz, and 28 GHz, and if those bands are applied, the current spectrum shortage
problem could be effectively alleviated. However, the wireless channel characteristics and models are important but still
unknown, and thus in this study, extensive measurements and modeling have been conducted to study the characteristics of the
high-frequency 15-GHz band. Specically, a PN(Pseudo Noise) sequence based time-domain measurement system was built
and applied to measure the propagation characteristics of the LOS (Line-of-Sight) and NLOS (Non-Line-of-Sight ) scenarios
in an indoor corridor at 15 GHz. Then, in-depth analysis and modeling on the large-scale characteristics of wireless channels,
the relationship between distance and path loss, the path loss exponent, and the shadow fading standard variance are provided.
Moreover, the relationship between received power and different elevation angles was studied. In the measurement, two 25-dBi
horn antennas with a 10 half-power beam width are used to change elevation angles in the transmitting terminal and azimuth
angles in the receiving terminal for all measurement points. The ndings and results in this work will serve as a reference and
basis for future theoretical studies of the 15-GHz band.
Key words: 5G mobile network, 15 GHz, high frequency, channel measurement, channel modeling
Citation: XU H, ZHANG W X, YANG Y. Channel measurement and modeling for the 15-GHz radio band in an indoor corridor
environment[J]. Journal of communications and information networks, 2016, 1(2): 102-108.
Journal of Communications and Information Networks
Vol.1, No.2, Aug. 2016
DOI: 10.11959/j.issn.2096-1081.2016.034
Research paper
Manuscript received Aug. 4, 2016; accepted Aug. 18, 2016
This research is partially supported by The National High Technology Research Development Program of China (863 Program) (No.2014AA01A706), The
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61471346), The National Science and Technology Major Project (No.2014ZX03003012), The Science
and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (No.14DZ2281000).
1 Introduction
With continuous development of mobile communica-
tion networks, spectrum resources become crowded.
High-frequency spectrum resources can effectively
alleviate the current shortage of spectrum resources,
achieving short-range communication at high
speed to meet the capacity and trans-mission rate
requirements of 5G communications. A sufficient
amount of available bandwidth, miniaturized
antennas and devices, and higher antenna gain are
the advantages of mobile communication in high-