FIELD ENHANCEMENT AND SIZE OF RADIO-FREQUENCY HOTSPOTS INDUCED BY MAXIMUM RATIO FIELD COMBINING IN FIFTH GENERATION NETWORK.
Journal
Radiation protection dosimetry
ISSN: 1742-3406
Titre abrégé: Radiat Prot Dosimetry
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8109958
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
16 Oct 2020
16 Oct 2020
Historique:
received:
07
06
2020
revised:
07
06
2020
accepted:
06
08
2020
pubmed:
11
9
2020
medline:
24
6
2021
entrez:
10
9
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The goal of this paper is to experimentally assess the field enhancement and hotspot size of radio frequency electromagnetic fields created by the Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC) precoding scheme using lab measurements at 3.5, 5.5 and 11 GHz. MRC is an adaptive precoding scheme used by Massive Multiple Input Multiple Output systems, one of the enabling techniques of the fifth generation of telecommunications (5G). A virtual antenna array was used to compare MRC with two passive precoding schemes: the Random Phase Model (RPM) and the Centerline Beam Model (CBM). The field enhancement going from CBM to MRC was largest in obstructed line of sight (OLOS), ranging from 1.9 to 7.4 dB. The field enhancement going from RPM to MRC was about 9.5 dB across frequency bands in both line of sight (LOS) and OLOS. The hotspot size, quantified by the full width at half maximum (FWHM), ranged from 0.5 wavelengths to one wavelength.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32909042
pii: 5903358
doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncaa118
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
400-411Informations de copyright
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