Deterministic Modeling of MIMO Communication Within Typical Hospital Patient Rooms

Mohamed Ghaddar, Juan Pascual-Garcia, Jose Maria Molina-Garcia-Pardo, Ismail Ben Mabrouk, Hongjian Sun, H. Vincent Poor

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Abstract

Limited research work has been conducted on deterministic modeling of the fifth-generation wireless communications within hospital patient rooms environment. This letter reports a ray-tracing model algorithm for the prediction of multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) propagation in the mm-wave band. The furniture effects are predicted in the framework of uniform theory of diffraction. Each piece of furniture is modeled as a group of perfect conducting wedges of random shape and size. The fixed access point has been configured with two forms of radiation patterns: Directional (D) and Omnidirectional (O). However, the mobile user point, remains O. Results indicate that doubling the number of antennas in a MIMO system operating under O-O configuration leads to a notable boost of 9 bps/Hz in channel capacity. The O-O setup creates a rich multipath environment, favorable for MIMO systems, resulting in an average channel capacity increase of 4 bps/Hz compared with the D-O configuration.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)324-328
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
Volume23
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2024

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Fifth generation
  • hospital patient room
  • mm-wave (MMWs)
  • multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)
  • propagation
  • ray-tracing
  • uniform theory of diffraction (UTD)

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