Improving coverage of indoor millimetre wave systems using spherical reflectors

IF 1.1 4区 计算机科学 Q4 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC Iet Microwaves Antennas & Propagation Pub Date : 2024-12-07 DOI:10.1049/mia2.12533
Priya A. Qualtrough-Mittal, Michael J. Neve, Andrew C. M. Austin
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The increased demand for user device connectivity has led to spectral congestion which is driving exploration of higher frequency spectrum, such as millimetre wave frequencies. As millimetre wave propagation is predominantly line-of-sight, shadowing becomes prevalent in indoor environments due to obstructions from clutter. Accordingly, there is a need to find solutions which can provide additional coverage. In this work, octant-shaped spherical reflectors are deployed in small office environments with varying degrees of clutter to provide additional ray paths to improve millimetre wave coverage into shadow regions. Cost weightings have been allocated to prioritise regions of high importance and are used to compare reflector deployment strategies. Appropriate positioning of reflectors in the environment is shown to improve coverage into shadow regions in all three environments considered, with placement in the top corners of a room found to be a valid solution. In densely cluttered environments, more than one reflector may be required to provide sufficient coverage. Reducing the reflector radius by 0.1 m has been shown to increase reflected power by up to 6 dB in some cases.

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Iet Microwaves Antennas & Propagation
Iet Microwaves Antennas & Propagation 工程技术-电信学
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期刊介绍: Topics include, but are not limited to: Microwave circuits including RF, microwave and millimetre-wave amplifiers, oscillators, switches, mixers and other components implemented in monolithic, hybrid, multi-chip module and other technologies. Papers on passive components may describe transmission-line and waveguide components, including filters, multiplexers, resonators, ferrite and garnet devices. For applications, papers can describe microwave sub-systems for use in communications, radar, aerospace, instrumentation, industrial and medical applications. Microwave linear and non-linear measurement techniques. Antenna topics including designed and prototyped antennas for operation at all frequencies; multiband antennas, antenna measurement techniques and systems, antenna analysis and design, aperture antenna arrays, adaptive antennas, printed and wire antennas, microstrip, reconfigurable, conformal and integrated antennas. Computational electromagnetics and synthesis of antenna structures including phased arrays and antenna design algorithms. Radiowave propagation at all frequencies and environments. Current Special Issue. Call for papers: Metrology for 5G Technologies - https://digital-library.theiet.org/files/IET_MAP_CFP_M5GT_SI2.pdf
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