Investigation and Comparison of 5G Channel Models: From QuaDRiGa, NYUSIM, and MG5G Perspectives

PANG Lihua; ZHANG Jin; ZHANG Yang; HUANG Xinyi; CHEN Yijian; LI Jiandong

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PANG Lihua, ZHANG Jin, ZHANG Yang, et al., “Investigation and Comparison of 5G Channel Models: From QuaDRiGa, NYUSIM, and MG5G Perspectives,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 1-17, 2022, doi: 10.1049/cje.2021.00.103

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PANG Lihua, ZHANG Jin, ZHANG Yang, et al., “Investigation and Comparison of 5G Channel Models: From QuaDRiGa, NYUSIM, and MG5G Perspectives,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 1-17, 2022, doi: 10.1049/cje.2021.00.103

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Investigation and Comparison of 5G Channel Models: From QuaDRiGa, NYUSIM, and MG5G Perspectives

doi: 10.1049/cje.2021.00.103

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ZHANG Jin^2
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ZHANG Yang^{2, 3
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HUANG Xinyi^2
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CHEN Yijian^4
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School of Communication and Information Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China
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State Key Laboratory of Integrated Service Networks, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
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National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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Algorithm Department, ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen 518057, China

Funds: This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61871300, 61701392, U19B2015), the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi (2021GY-050, 2019ZDLSF07-06), the Excellent Youth Science Foundation of Xi’an University of Science and Technology (2019YQ3-13), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (JB210112), and the Open Research Fund of the National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory (2019D12).

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received the B.E., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2006, 2009, and 2013, respectively, all in electrical engineering. She is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Communication and Information Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China. Her research interests include signal processing for wireless communications, stochastic network optimization, and network performance analysis. (Email: lhpang.xidian@gmail.com)

received the B.E. degree in information security from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2018. She is currently working toward the M.S. degree with the School of Telecommunications Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an, China. Her research interests include channel measurement and modeling for millimeter-wave wireless communications. (Email: 844194003@qq.com)

(corresponding author) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2011. During 2009 to 2010, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, USA. After working as a Research Engineer at Huawei Technologies, he rejoined Xidian University in 2013 and is currently an Associate Professor. His main area of research includes wireless channel measurement and modeling, signal processing for massive MIMO systems, green communications, and resource allocation strategies. (Email: yangzhang1984@gmail.com)

received the B.E. degree in communications engineering from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2019. She is currently working toward the M.S. degree with the School of Telecommunications Engineering, Xidian University. Her current research interest is massive MIMO channel modeling for 5G wireless communications. (Email: 1412684190@qq.com)

received the B.S. degree in automation from Central South University, Changsha, China, in 2006. He is currently a Senior Engineer with the ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen, China. His research interests include intelligent electromagnetic surface, orbital angular momentum-based communications, and cell free networks. (Email: chen.yijian@zte.com.cn)

received the B.E., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 1982, 1985, and 1991, respectively. Since 1985, he has been with Xidian University, where he has been a Professor since 1994. From 2002 to 2003, he was a Visiting Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. His current research interests include mobile communications, broadband wireless systems, ad hoc networks, cognitive and software radio, self-organizing networks, and game theory for wireless networks. (Email: jdli@xidian.edu.cn)
Received Date: 2021-03-27
Accepted Date: 2021-05-19

Available Online: 2021-09-14

Publish Date: 2022-01-05

Abstract

Abstract

This paper investigates and compares three channel models for the fifth generation (5G) wireless communications: the quasi deterministic radio channel generator (QuaDRiGa), the NYUSIM channel simulator model developed by New York University, and the more general 5G (MG5G) channel model. First, the characteristics of the modeling processes of the three models are introduced from the perspective of model framework. Then, the small-scale parameter modeling strategies of the three models are compared from space/time/frequency domains as well as polarization aspect. In particular, the drifting of small-scale parameters is introduced in detail. Finally, through the simulation results of angular power spectrum, Doppler power spectrum density, temporal autocorrelation function, power delay profile, frequency correlation function, channel capacity, and eigenvalue distribution, the three models are comprehensively investigated. According to the simulation results, we clearly analyze the impact of the modeling strategy on the three channel models and give certain evaluations and suggestion which lay a solid foundation for link and system-level simulations for 5G transmission algorithms.
- 5G,
- Channel model,
- Small-scale parameter,
- Modeling strategy,
- Channel simulation

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