Microwave vs. Millimeter-Wave Propagation Channels: Key Differences and Impact on 5G Cellular Systems

Mansoor Shafi; Jianhua Zhang; Harsh Tataria; Andreas Molisch; Shu  Sun; Theodore S  Rappaport; Fredrik Tufvesson; Shangbin Wu; Koshiro Kitao

doi:10.1109/MCOM.2018.1800255

Microwave vs. Millimeter-Wave Propagation Channels: Key Differences and Impact on 5G Cellular Systems

Mansoor Shafi, Jianhua Zhang, Harsh Tataria, Andreas Molisch, Shu Sun, Theodore S Rappaport, Fredrik Tufvesson, Shangbin Wu, Koshiro Kitao

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

18 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Fifth generation cellular systems will be deployed in the microwave and millimeter–wave (mmWave) frequency bands (i.e., between 0.5–100 GHz). Propagation characteristics at these bands have a fundamental impact on each aspect of the cellular architecture, ranging from equipment design to real-time performance in the field. While we have a reasonable understanding of the propagation characteristics at microwave (< 6 GHz) frequencies, the same cannot be said for mmWave. This article explains key differences in the propagation characteristics between the microwave and mmWave bands, and further gives examples of how these differences impact 5G system design.

Original language	English
Article number	8570034
Pages (from-to)	14-20
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE Communications Magazine
Volume	56
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2018.1800255
Publication status	Published - 2018 Dec 7

Bibliographical note

In the feature topic of "5G Channel Models and Measurements"

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Communication Systems

Free keywords

Fifth-generation (5G) cellular
massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)
Microwave
Millimeter-wave
Propagation channels

Access to Document

10.1109/MCOM.2018.1800255Licence: Unspecified

Cite this

@article{6eb71d6764b94f0ab25aac0299e68ef2,

title = "Microwave vs. Millimeter-Wave Propagation Channels: Key Differences and Impact on 5G Cellular Systems",

abstract = "Fifth generation cellular systems will be deployed in the microwave and millimeter–wave (mmWave) frequency bands (i.e., between 0.5–100 GHz). Propagation characteristics at these bands have a fundamental impact on each aspect of the cellular architecture, ranging from equipment design to real-time performance in the field. While we have a reasonable understanding of the propagation characteristics at microwave (< 6 GHz) frequencies, the same cannot be said for mmWave. This article explains key differences in the propagation characteristics between the microwave and mmWave bands, and further gives examples of how these differences impact 5G system design.",

keywords = "Fifth-generation (5G) cellular, massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), Microwave, Millimeter-wave, Propagation channels",

author = "Mansoor Shafi and Jianhua Zhang and Harsh Tataria and Andreas Molisch and Shu Sun and Rappaport, {Theodore S} and Fredrik Tufvesson and Shangbin Wu and Koshiro Kitao",

note = "In the feature topic of {"}5G Channel Models and Measurements{"}",

year = "2018",

month = dec,

day = "7",

doi = "10.1109/MCOM.2018.1800255",

language = "English",

volume = "56",

pages = "14--20",

journal = "IEEE Communications Magazine",

issn = "0163-6804",

publisher = "IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",

number = "12",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Microwave vs. Millimeter-Wave Propagation Channels: Key Differences and Impact on 5G Cellular Systems

AU - Shafi, Mansoor

AU - Zhang, Jianhua

AU - Tataria, Harsh

AU - Molisch, Andreas

AU - Sun, Shu

AU - Rappaport, Theodore S

AU - Tufvesson, Fredrik

AU - Wu, Shangbin

AU - Kitao, Koshiro

N1 - In the feature topic of "5G Channel Models and Measurements"

PY - 2018/12/7

Y1 - 2018/12/7

N2 - Fifth generation cellular systems will be deployed in the microwave and millimeter–wave (mmWave) frequency bands (i.e., between 0.5–100 GHz). Propagation characteristics at these bands have a fundamental impact on each aspect of the cellular architecture, ranging from equipment design to real-time performance in the field. While we have a reasonable understanding of the propagation characteristics at microwave (< 6 GHz) frequencies, the same cannot be said for mmWave. This article explains key differences in the propagation characteristics between the microwave and mmWave bands, and further gives examples of how these differences impact 5G system design.

AB - Fifth generation cellular systems will be deployed in the microwave and millimeter–wave (mmWave) frequency bands (i.e., between 0.5–100 GHz). Propagation characteristics at these bands have a fundamental impact on each aspect of the cellular architecture, ranging from equipment design to real-time performance in the field. While we have a reasonable understanding of the propagation characteristics at microwave (< 6 GHz) frequencies, the same cannot be said for mmWave. This article explains key differences in the propagation characteristics between the microwave and mmWave bands, and further gives examples of how these differences impact 5G system design.

KW - Fifth-generation (5G) cellular

KW - massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)

KW - Microwave

KW - Millimeter-wave

KW - Propagation channels

U2 - 10.1109/MCOM.2018.1800255

DO - 10.1109/MCOM.2018.1800255

M3 - Article

SN - 0163-6804

VL - 56

SP - 14

EP - 20

JO - IEEE Communications Magazine

JF - IEEE Communications Magazine

IS - 12

M1 - 8570034

ER -

Microwave vs. Millimeter-Wave Propagation Channels: Key Differences and Impact on 5G Cellular Systems

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Free keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this