An empirical study of ISAC channel characteristics with human target
impact at 105 GHz
Abstract
Leveraging the ultra-wideband advantages of the Terahertz (THz) band,
Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) facilitates high-precision
sensing demands in human smart home applications. ISAC channel
characteristics are the basis for ISAC system design. Currently, the
ISAC channel is divided into target and background channels. Existing
researches primarily focus on the attributes of human target itself,
e.g., radar cross-section and Micro-Doppler effect. However, the impact
of human target on neither the pathloss characteristic of background
channel nor the multipath propagation characteristic of target channel
is considered. To address the gap, we conduct indoor channel
measurements at 105 GHz to investigate the ISAC channel characteristics
with the impact of human target. Firstly, by analyzing the power angular
delay profiles with and without human target, we observe the changes in
quantity and power of multipath components (MPCs). Then, we propose a
parameter called power control factor (PCF) to evaluate the human target
impact on pathloss, thereby modifying the existing pathloss model of
background channel. Eventually, we extract the MPCs belonging to target
channel within target-oriented power delay profile to count the power
proportion of each bounce MPCs of the target-Rx link, which supports the
necessity of multi-bounce (indirect) paths modeling in target channel.