Measurements and Characterisation of Surface Scattering at 60 GHz

TL;DR

This study analyzes surface scattering at 60 GHz across various building materials, revealing significant signal variations, dependence on material roughness, and potential polarization-based mitigation strategies for mm-Wave systems.

Contribution

It provides detailed measurements and characterization of surface scattering effects at 60 GHz, highlighting the impact of material roughness and the potential for polarization diversity to improve system performance.

Findings

Large signal strength variations due to small-scale fading.

Surface scattering depends on material roughness and angle of incidence.

Rough materials cause high depolarization, useful for polarization diversity.

Abstract

This paper presents the analysis and characterization of the surface scattering process for both specular and diffused components. The study is focused on the investigation of various building materials each having a different roughness, at a central frequency of 60GHz. Very large signal strength variations in first order scattered components is observed as the user moves over very short distances. This is due to the small-scale fading caused by rough surface scatterers. Furthermore, it is shown that the diffused scattering depends on the material roughness, the angle of incidence and the distance from the surface. Finally, results indicate that reflections from rough materials may suffer from high depolarization, a phenomenon that can potentially be exploited in order to improve the performance of mm-Wave systems using polarization diversity.