Abstract
In this paper the impact of the user's body on the communication link at 60 GHz is empirically investigated in a typical indoor office scenario. During the measurements, several receivers, acting as access points (APs) and placed at ceiling locations, simultaneously recorded the signal power level transmitted by a user equipment (UE), which was either placed on a tripod or held by an individual. The path loss was investigated for Line of Sight (LoS) and Non-Line of Sight (NLoS) situations, the latter produced when the user's body obscured the optical path between the UE and APs. Results showed that changes in UE orientation led to significant differences in received signal power level (as great as 9.4 dB), even when the transmitter was placed on a tripod (i.e. without the human body present). This was then exacerbated when the individual held the transmitter. Here the maximum difference in the received signal power between UE orientations was 15.1 dB. It was also found that the path loss exponent was lower than 2 when the UE was in front of the AP.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 15th IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting, BMSB 2020: Proceedings |
Publisher | IEEE Computer Society |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781728157849 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Mar 2021 |
Event | 15th IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting, BMSB 2020 - Paris, France Duration: 27 Oct 2020 → 29 Oct 2020 |
Publication series
Name | IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting, BMSB |
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Volume | 2020-October |
ISSN (Print) | 2155-5044 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2155-5052 |
Conference
Conference | 15th IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting, BMSB 2020 |
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Country/Territory | France |
City | Paris |
Period | 27/10/2020 → 29/10/2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work has been financially supported by the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU under Postdoctoral Grant ESPDOC19/43, by the Spanish Ministry under the Mobility Grant CAS19/00201 and under Grant RTI2018̢099162ϋBϋI00 (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE), and by the Basque Government under Grant IT1234-19.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- 60 GHz
- Indoor environments
- Millimeter wave measurements
- Path loss
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Computer Science Applications
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Media Technology
- Communication