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Far- and Near-Field Channel Measurements and Characterization in the Terahertz Band Using a Virtual Antenna Array (2312.12964v3)

Published 20 Dec 2023 in cs.IT, eess.SP, and math.IT

Abstract: Extremely large-scale antenna array (ELAA) technologies consisting of ultra-massive multiple-input-multiple-output (UM-MIMO) or reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), are emerging to meet the demand of wireless systems in sixth-generation and beyond communications for enhanced coverage and extreme data rates up to Terabits per second. For ELAA operating at Terahertz (THz) frequencies, the Rayleigh distance expands, and users are likely to be located in both far-field (FF) and near-field (NF) regions. On one hand, new features like NF propagation and spatial non-stationarity need to be characterized. On the other hand, the transition of properties near the FF and NF boundary is worth exploring. In this paper, a complete experimental analysis of far- and near-field channel characteristics using a THz virtual antenna array is provided based on measurement of the multi-input-single-output channel with the virtual uniform planar array (UPA) structure of at most 4096 elements. In particular, non-linear phase change is observed in the NF, and the Rayleigh criterion regarding the maximum phase error is verified. Then, a new cross-field path loss model is proposed, which characterizes the power change at antenna elements in the UPA and is compatible with both FF and NF cases.

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