Deterministic-Based 5G mmWave Propagation Characterization in Urban Environments

The new requirements of context aware environments within the framework of Smart Cities and Smart Regions come with the implementation of the Fifth-Generation (5G) wireless technology and the use of millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequency bands. However, signal propagation at these frequency bands also comes with different channel impairments that needs to be completely understood before the design and implementation of a wireless communication system. Therefore, in this work, the spatial and temporal channel characteristics of a typical urban environment have been identified for wireless networks in 30 and 70 GHz frequency bands by means of an in-house deterministic approach.