Model for Ray-Based UTD Simulations of the Human Body Shadowing Effect in 5G Wireless Systems

Shadowing effects caused by the obstructing presence of a human body can result in increased path loss in indoor wireless systems. This paper proposes a simplified model of a human body for use in ray-tracing simulations of indoor wireless communication systems based on the uniform theory of diffrac...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Łukasz Januszkiewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9084830
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849398502643204096
author Łukasz Januszkiewicz
author_facet Łukasz Januszkiewicz
author_sort Łukasz Januszkiewicz
collection DOAJ
description Shadowing effects caused by the obstructing presence of a human body can result in increased path loss in indoor wireless systems. This paper proposes a simplified model of a human body for use in ray-tracing simulations of indoor wireless communication systems based on the uniform theory of diffraction (UTD). The human body shadowing effect was first investigated using measurements and computer simulations employing the finite-difference time-domain method (FDTD). Based on the results, a human body model was elaborated for use in ray-based Remcom XGtd software. The model was developed for the 3.6 GHz band, which has been allocated for 5G wireless systems in many countries.
format Article
id doaj-art-a12fb3e717b54dceb8bdc3877b814e0b
institution Kabale University
issn 1687-5869
1687-5877
language English
publishDate 2018-01-01
publisher Wiley
record_format Article
series International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
spelling doaj-art-a12fb3e717b54dceb8bdc3877b814e0b2025-08-20T03:38:35ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772018-01-01201810.1155/2018/90848309084830Model for Ray-Based UTD Simulations of the Human Body Shadowing Effect in 5G Wireless SystemsŁukasz Januszkiewicz0Institute of Electronics, Lodz University of Technology, Wólczanska 211/215 Street, 90-924 Łódź, PolandShadowing effects caused by the obstructing presence of a human body can result in increased path loss in indoor wireless systems. This paper proposes a simplified model of a human body for use in ray-tracing simulations of indoor wireless communication systems based on the uniform theory of diffraction (UTD). The human body shadowing effect was first investigated using measurements and computer simulations employing the finite-difference time-domain method (FDTD). Based on the results, a human body model was elaborated for use in ray-based Remcom XGtd software. The model was developed for the 3.6 GHz band, which has been allocated for 5G wireless systems in many countries.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9084830
spellingShingle Łukasz Januszkiewicz
Model for Ray-Based UTD Simulations of the Human Body Shadowing Effect in 5G Wireless Systems
International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
title Model for Ray-Based UTD Simulations of the Human Body Shadowing Effect in 5G Wireless Systems
title_full Model for Ray-Based UTD Simulations of the Human Body Shadowing Effect in 5G Wireless Systems
title_fullStr Model for Ray-Based UTD Simulations of the Human Body Shadowing Effect in 5G Wireless Systems
title_full_unstemmed Model for Ray-Based UTD Simulations of the Human Body Shadowing Effect in 5G Wireless Systems
title_short Model for Ray-Based UTD Simulations of the Human Body Shadowing Effect in 5G Wireless Systems
title_sort model for ray based utd simulations of the human body shadowing effect in 5g wireless systems
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9084830
work_keys_str_mv AT łukaszjanuszkiewicz modelforraybasedutdsimulationsofthehumanbodyshadowingeffectin5gwirelesssystems