Measurements of Human Body Attenuation and Dual Polarized Diversity Gain for 38 GHz Millimeter-Wave Channel

Abstract

Due to the shortage of bandwidth below 6 GHz, one of the solutions for 5G communication is to operate at the millimeter-wave (mm-wave) spectrum. However, attenuation for the signal at the millimeter spectrum is always a serious concern in practical implementation. In this paper, the shadowing effect of the human body is measured to clarify the influence for the mm-wave spectrum. In addition, the performance of the dual-polarized diversity is also evaluated at the 38 GHz frequency band to classify the scenarios with better diversity improvement for the received signals.