A Novel Ray Tracing Based 6G RIS Wireless Channel Model and RIS Deployment Studies in Indoor Scenarios

Jialing Huang, Cheng‐Xiang Wang, Yingzhuo Sun, Jie Huang, Fu‐Chun Zheng

20222022 IEEE 33rd Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)21 citationsDOI

Abstract

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a potential solution to cost-effectively and energy-efficiently improve the performance of the sixth generation (6G) wireless communication system. In this paper, a method to realize the function of RIS in three dimensional (3D) ray tracing simulator is proposed and applied to two indoor scenarios where there is no line-of-sight (LoS) path between transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx). To verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, channel characteristics including received power, channel capacity, and angular power spectral density (PSD) are studied. To analyze the influence of different RIS deployment locations on coverage enhancement, simulations with different setups are carried out at 5.4 GHz. Besides, applicability of RIS in millimeter wave (mm Wave) is also demonstrated in ray tracing simulator. Numerical results show a significant coverage improvement by adding RIS into current wireless communication system and reveal useful insights for optimal RIS deployment in indoor scenarios.

Topics & Concepts

Ray tracing (physics)Software deploymentTransmitterComputer scienceWirelessPath lossChannel (broadcasting)Non-line-of-sight propagationExtremely high frequencyElectronic engineeringSimulationTelecommunicationsEngineeringOpticsPhysicsOperating systemAdvanced Wireless Communication TechnologiesUAV Applications and OptimizationIndoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies