Physical Channel Models for Emerging Wireless Communication Systems

Abstract

This tutorial introduction to the modeling of RF wireless communication channels is aimed at readers in the diffraction and scattering community, who have no background in radio-frequency wireless communication systems. It clarifies the reasoning behind the choice of parameters used in channel modeling, their utility, and their relationship to the physical phenomena taking place within the channel. The distinguishing features of the mm-wave wireless channel, expected to be deployed in future 5G cellular systems, wireless networks, and Internet-of-Things, are briefly summarized, which highlight the need for developing mm-wave channel models.