Channel Characterization at mmWave Band Inside High Speed Water Vehicle

Abstract

Wireless telecommunication systems with upcoming and advanced technology standards and higher bandwidth is expected to mitigate demand of users and reduce end-to-end delay. Marine environments are still not explored and communication ways are not so fast comparative to other scenarios. With forthcoming technology 5G and mmWave, maritime channels are need to be explored for more research opportunities and development with advanced mobile communications. From this motivation, this research is based on investigation of comparative analysis of power delay profiles, path loss characteristics in maritime channels considering 38, 60 and 73 GHz of mmWave. 60 GHz is the license free spectrum and suitable for short distance communication, water attenuation is minimum in 38 GHz and 73 GHz theoretically provides higher bandwidth, these factors are considered in this work. In this study, various delay spread, signal strength deviation at receiving end, loss exponents, delay parameters, signal-to-noise ratio are surveyed for both direct line sight (LOS) and Non-direct visual sight (NLOS) conditions, such parameters define channel impulse responses in wireless maritime channels, inside high speed water vehicle. This study will provide channel characteristics in specific scenarios and further research direction in various aspects in this area.