THz Band Channel Measurements and Statistical Modeling for Urban D2D Environments

Abstract

THz band is envisioned to be used in 6G systems to meet the ever-increasing demand for data rate. However, before an eventual system design and deployment can proceed, detailed channel sounding measurements are required to understand key channel characteristics. In this paper, we present a first extensive set of channel measurements for urban outdoor environments that are ultra-wideband, and double-directional where both transmitter and receiver are at the same height. In all, we present measurements at 38 locations, consisting of nearly 50,000 impulse responses, representing both line-of-sight (LoS) and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) cases in the 1-100 m range between 145-146 GHz. We provide modeling for path loss, shadowing, delay spread, angular spread, multipath component (MPC) power distribution and Qtapnumber. We find, among other things, that outdoor communication over tens of meters is feasible in this frequency range even in NLoS scenarios, that omni-directional delay spreads of up to 100 ns, and directional delay spreads of up to 10 ns are observed, while angular spreads are also quite significant, and a surprisingly large number of MPCs are observed for 1 GHz bandwidth and 13° beamwidth. These results constitute an important first step towards better understanding the wireless channel in the THz band.