Numerical Link Outage Probability Assessment using Meteorological Data for THz-Band Outdoor Wireless Communication Systems

Abstract

THz-band can offer very wide spectrum to enable over 100 Gbps wireless communication systems for wireless mobile backhaul/fronthaul links. As THz-band outdoor wireless communication systems suffer not only rain attenuation but also atmospheric attenuation, it is required to assess link outage probability for link budget design by taking account of these factors at the same time. This paper describes numerical link outage probability assessment of THz-band outdoor wireless communication systems using meteorological data, i.e. rain rate, humidity and temperature. Furthermore, it compares outage probability of THz systems with that of 60 GHz systems where wide spectrum is also available.