Indoor Radio Channel Modeling at D-Band Frequencies

Abstract

This paper presents indoor radio channel measurements and models at D-band frequencies. A Line-of-Sight (LOS) alpha-beta-gamma path loss model is created based on indoor measurements up to 8.5 m in a laboratory and office room, resulting in a floating intercept alpha of 34.2 dB, PL exponent beta 1.9 and frequency dependency gamma 1.9. The penetration losses for wood, acrylic, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and glass are measured, resulting in a respective loss of 8, 3.5, 3 and 12 dB/cm. Furthermore, attenuation due to desk objects obstructing the LOS path is found to range from 3 to 10 dB for one or more universal serial bus (USB) cables, and 8 to 13 dB for a computer keyboard and mouse. A laptop screen completely blocks the LOS path. Therefore, we measured the attenuation of the reflected path when the LOS path is blocked, and conclude that desk objects provide valid fallback paths.