3D Multiple-Antenna Channel Modeling and Propagation Characteristics Analysis for Mobile Internet of Things

The demand for optimization design and performance evaluation of wireless communication links in a mobile Internet of Things (IoT) motivates the exploitation of realistic and tractable channel models. In this paper, we develop a novel three-dimensional (3D) multiple-antenna channel model to adequate...

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Main Authors: Wenbo Zeng, Yigang He, Bing Li, Shudong Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/3/989
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spelling doaj-6cf08d75f4ad4f9096be29162e27521b2021-02-03T00:01:42ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-02-012198998910.3390/s210309893D Multiple-Antenna Channel Modeling and Propagation Characteristics Analysis for Mobile Internet of ThingsWenbo Zeng0Yigang He1Bing Li2Shudong Wang3School of Electrical and Automation Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, ChinaSchool of Electrical and Automation Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, ChinaSchool of Electrical and Automation Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, ChinaSchool of Electrical and Automation Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, ChinaThe demand for optimization design and performance evaluation of wireless communication links in a mobile Internet of Things (IoT) motivates the exploitation of realistic and tractable channel models. In this paper, we develop a novel three-dimensional (3D) multiple-antenna channel model to adequately characterize the scattering environment for mobile IoT scenarios. Specifically, taking into consideration both accuracy and mathematical tractability, a 3D double-spheres model and ellipsoid model are introduced to describe the distribution region of the local scatterers and remote scatterers, respectively. Based on the explicit geometry relationships between transmitter, receiver, and scatterers, we derive the complex channel gains by adopting the radio-wave propagation model. Subsequently, the correlation-based approach for theoretical analysis is performed, and the detailed impacts with respect to the antenna deployment, scatterer distribution, and scatterer density on the vital statistical properties are investigated. Numerical simulation results have shown that the statistical channel characteristics in the developed simulation model nicely match those of the corresponding theoretical results, which demonstrates the utility of our model.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/3/989three-dimensional channel modelmultiple-antenna systemsmobile IoTsimulation modelstatistical channel characteristics
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author Wenbo Zeng
Yigang He
Bing Li
Shudong Wang
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Yigang He
Bing Li
Shudong Wang
3D Multiple-Antenna Channel Modeling and Propagation Characteristics Analysis for Mobile Internet of Things
Sensors
three-dimensional channel model
multiple-antenna systems
mobile IoT
simulation model
statistical channel characteristics
author_facet Wenbo Zeng
Yigang He
Bing Li
Shudong Wang
author_sort Wenbo Zeng
title 3D Multiple-Antenna Channel Modeling and Propagation Characteristics Analysis for Mobile Internet of Things
title_short 3D Multiple-Antenna Channel Modeling and Propagation Characteristics Analysis for Mobile Internet of Things
title_full 3D Multiple-Antenna Channel Modeling and Propagation Characteristics Analysis for Mobile Internet of Things
title_fullStr 3D Multiple-Antenna Channel Modeling and Propagation Characteristics Analysis for Mobile Internet of Things
title_full_unstemmed 3D Multiple-Antenna Channel Modeling and Propagation Characteristics Analysis for Mobile Internet of Things
title_sort 3d multiple-antenna channel modeling and propagation characteristics analysis for mobile internet of things
publisher MDPI AG
series Sensors
issn 1424-8220
publishDate 2021-02-01
description The demand for optimization design and performance evaluation of wireless communication links in a mobile Internet of Things (IoT) motivates the exploitation of realistic and tractable channel models. In this paper, we develop a novel three-dimensional (3D) multiple-antenna channel model to adequately characterize the scattering environment for mobile IoT scenarios. Specifically, taking into consideration both accuracy and mathematical tractability, a 3D double-spheres model and ellipsoid model are introduced to describe the distribution region of the local scatterers and remote scatterers, respectively. Based on the explicit geometry relationships between transmitter, receiver, and scatterers, we derive the complex channel gains by adopting the radio-wave propagation model. Subsequently, the correlation-based approach for theoretical analysis is performed, and the detailed impacts with respect to the antenna deployment, scatterer distribution, and scatterer density on the vital statistical properties are investigated. Numerical simulation results have shown that the statistical channel characteristics in the developed simulation model nicely match those of the corresponding theoretical results, which demonstrates the utility of our model.
topic three-dimensional channel model
multiple-antenna systems
mobile IoT
simulation model
statistical channel characteristics
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/3/989
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