MmWave Channel Stationarity Analysis of V2X Communications in an Urban Environment Academic Article in Scopus uri icon

abstract

  • Vehicular communication channels are subject to high non-stationarity mainly characterized by the scatterers' and/or transceivers' high mobility. In this sense, this work presents a characterization of the channel quasi-stationarity regions (QSR) in a V2X generic high-dense urban environment at millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies (28 GHz). Results are extracted from multiple snapshot simulations by means of a three-dimensional ray-launching (3D-RL) algorithm inducing the continuous mobility of the vehicles on the scene and validated with an experimental campaign of measurements in the real scenario. The average power delay profile (APDP) correlation matrix is used as a descriptor of the channel non-stationarity and the mean correlation is outlined for several thresholds. The obtained QSR results are consistent with the related works reported in the literature. Finally, the effects of these QSR in small- and large-scale parameters are assessed as per threshold considerations.

publication date

  • January 1, 2023