Modeling and Propagation Characterization of THz Wireless Links in
Computer Desktop Environment
Abstract
In this paper, THz channel propagation characterization and modeling for
a desktop environment is presented. Path loss and PDPs measured on the
motherboard in both free-space and desktop resemble metal cavity are
compared. To characterize the large scale fading of the channel, mean
path loss model as a function of antenna height is proposed by treating
the motherboard desktop environment as a partially dielectric filled
resonant cavity. Good match between the measured and modeled path loss
proves the model validity. For the shadowing across the frequency,
Gamma-mixture model is applied to characterize the oscillations of
in-cavity measured path loss. Results show that with proper choice of
the number of mixed Gamma distributions $k$, the goodness of fit
between the model and the probability density function (PDF) of path
loss oscillations can reach more than 97\%. Multipath
components are characterized by cluster-based channel modeling.
Modifications were made on the conventional S-V model to accurately
characterize the channel by rewriting the cluster power decay with
step-wise functions and each sub-function is expressed exponentially in
dB, and the ray power decay with power law approach. A good agreement
can be observed between the model and the measurements.