Impact of Transmitter and Receiver Distance of 3.5GHz Networks Channel Propagation in Line-of-Sight (LOS) and Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) Environments

Abstract

Malaysia is planned to implement 5G communication in an attempt to improve the country’s digital infrastructure. Malaysia will implement 5G in two stages where the first stage is an enhancement of the current 4G technology, and the second phase is the transition to 5G by 2022 according to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). A 3.5 GHz higher frequency band creates higher path loss, so Malaysia National Task Force has conducted a study on the impact of the transmitter and receiver distance on the propagation loss. The research, however, only covered the theory study and the analysis based on parameter variation. This research is an approach to simulate the effect of the missing path propagation and obtained power due to transmitter and receiver distance in Line of Sight (LOS) and Non-Line of Sight (NLOS) environments. This research simulates the 3.5GHz frequency band in LOS and NLOS environments using the channel simulator developed by NYUSIM. The transmitter and receiver distances were varied from 50m to 200m. The outcome from the simulation show that the path loss rise when the transmitter and receiver distance rise while the power received weakens. The outcome of this research can be served as a guideline in Malaysia for field trials and techniques of interference mitigation.