Description:

The scarcity of wireless spectrum resources has heightened the necessity for exploring new spectrum bands such as millimeter wave (mmWave) bands where unutilized spectrum resources are available. The available mmWave bands between 24 GHz and 300 GHz can be used to support emerging technologies in the current and future generations of wireless communications systems. Meanwhile, the relatively short wavelength of millimeter wave is accompanied by challenges including increased attenuation and higher susceptibility to blockage. The focus of this project is to explore the propagation characteristics of mmWave signal and explain how the high frequency nature of these bands imposes unique features on the mmWave channel. Moreover, we investigate mmWave physical channel models which were developed in the literature based on intensive measurements conducted under different scenarios. Eventually, we evaluate the performance of multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) mmWave systems under different scenarios where we explore how different factors affect spectral efficiency.

Tools: MATLAB , NYUSIM

This project was in fullfilment of a requirement of ECE 614 at the University of Waterloo.