Connectivity evaluation in millimeter wave wireless multi-hop networks above 10GHz

Author

Pitsiladis, G.T. ; Panagopoulos, A.D. ; Constantinou, Ph

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens

fYear

2009

fDate

23-27 March 2009

Firstpage

1390

Lastpage

1394

Abstract

The subject of the present paper is a novel analytical physical propagation model for the evaluation of the connectivity of multi-hop transmission in wireless mesh networks operating above 10GHz. Physical phenomena related to propagation of millimeter radio waves through the atmosphere cause signal impairments and strongly affect the topology and the connectivity of a wireless multi-hop network. Assuming line of sight (LOS) connections among the nodes, equal transmission capabilities and a random spatial node distribution following a homogeneous Poisson process, we calculate the node isolation probability, taking into account the dominant propagation conditions at these frequencies. The sensitivity of isolation probability on frequency of operation, radius coverage and climatic conditions is finally investigated. Useful conclusions are finally drawn.

Keywords

Poisson distribution; millimetre wave propagation; radio networks; random processes; stochastic processes; telecommunication network topology; LOS; analytical physical propagation model; connectivity evaluation; frequency 10 GHz; homogeneous Poisson process; line-of-sight connection; millimeter wave wireless multihop mesh network; node isolation probability; random spatial node distribution; Analytical models; Atmosphere; Atmospheric modeling; Frequency; Millimeter wave propagation; Network topology; Probability; Spread spectrum communication; Wireless mesh networks; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2009. EuCAP 2009. 3rd European Conference on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4753-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-00-024573-2

Type

conf

Filename

5067874