On Clustered Statistical MIMO Millimeter Wave Channel Simulation

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new statistical clustered MIMO channel model for mmWave frequencies, enabling more accurate system simulations for 5G wireless research.

Contribution

It provides a simple, accurate channel simulation method for mmWave MIMO systems, including scripts and examples for practical use.

Findings

Effective channel modeling for mmWave MIMO systems

Supports both slow and fast time-varying channels

Facilitates fair comparison of transmission schemes

Abstract

The use of mmWave frequencies is one of the key strategies to achieve the fascinating 1000x increase in the capacity of future 5G wireless systems. While for traditional sub-6 GHz cellular frequencies several well-developed statistical channel models are available for system simulation, similar tools are not available for mmWave frequencies, thus preventing a fair comparison of independently developed transmission and reception schemes. In this paper we provide a simple albeit accurate statistical procedure for the generation of a clustered MIMO channel model operating at mmWaves, for both the cases of slowly and rapidly time-varying channels. Matlab scripts for channel generation are also provided, along with an example of their use.