2017/04/24 by Cristian Tatino, Tatino, Cristian, Ilaria Malanchini +5
Computer Science · Engineering · #Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Microwave Engineering and Waveguides #Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling #Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) #cs.NI
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1704.07079
openalex publication_date 2017/04/24 · arxiv created 2017/05/04 · arxiv updated 2017/05/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Communications using frequency bands in the millimeter-wave range can play a key role in future generations of mobile networks. By allowing large bandwidth allocations, high carrier frequencies will provide high data rates to support the ever-growing capacity demand. The prevailing challenge at high frequencies is the mitigation of large path loss and link blockage effects. Highly directional beams are expected to overcome this challenge. In this paper, we propose a stochastic model for characterizing beam coverage probability. The model takes into account both line-of-sight and first-order non-line-of-sight reflections. We model the scattering environment as a stochastic process and we derive an analytical expression of the coverage probability for any given beam. The results derived are validated numerically and compared with simulations to assess the accuracy of the model.