Parameter Modeling for Small-Scale Mobility in Indoor THz Communication

TL;DR

This paper proposes a parameter modeling approach for indoor THz communication, analyzing how factors like beamwidth, mobility, and AP placement affect performance and outage probability in high-mobility scenarios.

Contribution

It introduces a mobility model and analyzes the impact of various parameters on THz communication performance, addressing the beamwidth dilemma in mobile environments.

Findings

Optimal beamwidths depend on mobility type and AP placement.

Narrower beams increase antenna gain but risk outages due to mobility.

Different mobility scenarios require tailored parameter configurations.

Abstract

Despite such challenges as high path loss and equipment cost, THz communication is becoming one of the potentially viable means through which ultra-high data rate can be achieved. To compensate for the high path loss, we present parameter modeling for indoor THz communication. To maximize efficient and opportunistic use of resources, we analyze the potential workarounds for a single access point to satisfy most of the mobile terminals by varying such parameters as humidity, distance, frequency windows, beamwidths, antenna placement, and user mobility type. One promising parameter is antenna beamwidth, where narrower beams results in higher antenna gain. However, this can lead to "\textit{beamwidth dilemma}" scenario, where narrower beamwidth can result in significant outages due to device mobility and orientation. In this paper, we address this challenge by presenting a mobility model that performs an extensive analysis of different human mobility scenarios, where each scenario has different data rate demands and movement patterns. We observe that for mobile users, there are optimal beamwidths that are affected by the mobility type (high mobility, constrained mobility, and low mobility) and AP placement.