IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications
13–16 September 2021 // Virtual Conference // By 6G Flagship

Track 2: RF Technologies, Antennas and Propagation

Chairs

Lead Chair: Pekka Kyösti, University of Oulu, Finland
Andrés Alayón Glazunov, University of Twente, Netherlands
Koen Buisman, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden


Session T2-01: RF & Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Chairs: Koen Buisman (University of Surrey, United Kingdom (Great Britain) & Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), Marko E Leinonen (University of Oulu, Finland)

Papers

Nearly Passive Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface With Constant Phase-Shifts
Zeeshan Sattar (Interdigital Communications, Inc., Canada & École De Technologie Supérieure, Canada); Afshin Haghighat (InterDigital Communications, Canada)

Dual Polarization Beamforming Coverage Demonstrated With 5G NR SSB
Arne Simonsson and Sven O. Petersson (Ericsson Research, Sweden); Gunnar Widell (Ericsson Networks, Sweden)

Impact of Channel Correlation and Hardware Impairments on Large Intelligent Surfaces-Aided Communication Systems
Emad Saleh and Malek Alsmadi (Lakehead University, Canada); Asma Bouhlel (Laboratory of Electronic and Microelectronic, Tunisia); Ayşe Elif Canbilen (Konya Technical University, Turkey); Najah A. Abu Ali (UAEU, United Arab Emirates); Salama Said Ikki (Lakehead University, Canada)

Feed Forward Phase Noise Cancellation in Cellular RF-Receivers
Birgit Pühringer and Andreas Springer (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Secure UAV Communications
Wen Wang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Hui Tian (Beijng University of posts and telecommunications, China); Wanli Ni and Meihui Hua (Beijng University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)

Nonlinear Power Amplifier Effects on a Full Duplex Spatial Modulation System
Yanni Zhou (INSA Lyon, France); Florin Hutu (Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, Inria, CITI, France); Guillaume Villemaud (Université de Lyon, INRIA, INSA-Lyon, CITI, France); Taneli Riihonen (Tampere University, Finland)

Path Loss in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Enabled Channels
Steven Ellingson (Virginia Tech, USA)


Session T2-02: Radio channel measurements

Chairs: Diego Dupleich (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany), Vasilii Semkin (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland)

Papers

Wireless Vehicular Multiband Measurements in Centimeterwave and Millimeterwave Bands
Markus Hofer (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria); David Löschenbrand (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria); Jiri Blumenstein (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Herbert Groll (TU Wien, Austria); Stefan Zelenbaba (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria); Benjamin Rainer (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria); Laura Bernadó (Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria); Josef Vychodil (Brno University of Technology & BUT Brno, Czech Republic); Tomas Mikulasek (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Erich Zöchmann (PIDSO, Austria); Seun Sangodoyin (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA); Hussein Hammoud (University of Southern California, USA); Bernhard Schrenk (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria); Robert Langwieser and Stefan Pratschner (TU Wien, Austria); Ales Prokes (Brno University of Technology & Sensor, Information and Communication Systems Research Centre, Czech Republic); Andreas Molisch (University of Southern California, USA); Christoph F Mecklenbräuker (TU Wien, Austria); Thomas Zemen (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria)

On the Building Map for Radio Propagation Prediction Using Machine Learning
Kazuya Inoue and Koichi Ichige (Yokohama National University, Japan); Tatsuya Nagao and Takahiro Hayashi (KDDI Research, Inc., Japan)

Lightweight UAV-Based Measurement System for Air-To-Ground Channels at 28 GHz
Vasilii Semkin (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland); Seongjoon Kang (New York University Tandon School of Engineering, USA); Jaakko Haarla (Aalto University, Finland); William Xia (New York University, USA); Ismo Huhtinen (VTT, Finland); Giovanni Geraci (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain); Angel Lozano (Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Spain); Giuseppe Loianno (NYU, USA); Marco Mezzavilla (NYU Tandon School of Engineering, USA); Sundeep Rangan (New York University, USA)

Power Delay Profile Analysis of Industrial Channels at 2.1, 2.6, 3.8 and 5.1 GHz
Eike Lyczkowski (SEW Eurodrive, Germany); Christian Sauer (SEW EURODRIVE GmbH&Co KG, Germany); Felix Reichert (Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany); Hannes Frey (Universität Koblenz-Landau, Germany)

Analysing the 3GPP Spatial Consistency Procedure Through Channel Measurements
William HZ Sloane (University of Canterbury, Nz, New Zealand); Mansoor Shafi (Spark New Zealand Ltd & Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand); Camillo Gentile (NIST, USA); Graeme K Woodward and Philippa A. Martin (University of Canterbury, New Zealand); Pan Tang and Jianhua Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); David Lai (NIST, USA)

28 GHz Indoor and Outdoor Propagation Measurements and Analysis at a Regional Airport
Kairui Du, Özgür Özdemir, Fatih Erden and Ismail Güvenç (North Carolina State University, USA)

Measurements and Modeling of the Mobile Wireless Channel at 2.4 GHz in Urban and Suburban Areas
Leonardo Henrique Gonsioroski (Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Brazil); Luiz da Silva Mello (CETUC-PUC-Rio & Inmetro, Brazil); Amanda Beatriz Cunha dos Santos (Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Brazil)

In-Vehicle Mobile Cellular Signal Reception: Measurements of Vehicle Entry Loss
Ahmed Aldabbagh (Riverside House, United Kingdom (Great Britain) & Ofcom (UK Telecom Regulator), United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Afzal Lodhi and Simon Saunders (Ofcom, United Kingdom (Great Britain))


Session T2-03: Radio channel models

Chairs: Angeliki Alexiou (University of Piraeus, Greece), Matti Hämäläinen (University of Oulu, Finland)

Papers

Scalable, Resource and Locality-Aware Selection of Active Scatterers in Geometry-Based Stochastic Channel Models
Benjamin Rainer (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria); Markus Hofer and Stefan Zelenbaba (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria); David Löschenbrand and Thomas Zemen (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria); Xiaochun Ye (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China); Peter Priller (AVL List GmbH, Austria)

CDI Maps: Dynamic Estimation of the Radio Environment for Predictive Resource Allocation
Daniel Fabian Külzer (BMW Group Research and Technology, Germany); Slawomir Stanczak (Technische Universität Berlin & Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Germany); Mladen Botsov (BMW Group, Germany)

Angular Power Distribution in 60 GHz Wireless Uplink for Vehicle-To-Infrastructure Scenarios
Jan M. Kelner, Cezary Ziółkowski and Jarosław Wojtuń (Military University of Technology, Poland); Aniruddha Chandra (National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, WB, India); Ales Prokes (Brno University of Technology & Sensor, Information and Communication Systems Research Centre, Czech Republic); Tomas Mikulasek and Jiri Blumenstein (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)

Assessment of User Mobility’s Influence on System Loss in Several Body-To-Body Scenarios
Filipe Cardoso (ESTSetubal/Polytechnic Institute of Setubal and INESC-ID, Portugal); Manuel Ferreira (ESTSetúbal/Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal); Sławomir J. Ambroziak (Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland); Kenan Turbic (RWTH Aachen University, Germany); Luis M. Correia (IST/INESC-ID – University of Lisbon & INESC, Portugal)

A Study on the Prediction Method for Spatiotemporal Channel Parameters by Convolutional Neural Network Using a Spherical Image
Satoshi Ito and Takahiro Hayashi (KDDI Research, Inc., Japan)

A 3D Non-Stationary Geometry-Based Stochastic Model for Industrial Automation Wireless Communication Systems
Yuxiao Li (Southest University, China); Cheng-Xiang Wang (Southeast University & Heriot-Watt University, China); Yang Liu (Jiangnan University, China)

Performance Evaluation of GAM in Off-Body Path Loss Modelling for Body Area Networks
Michał R. Laskowski and Sławomir J. Ambroziak (Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland); Luis M. Correia (IST/INESC-ID – University of Lisbon & INESC, Portugal); Krzysztof Swider (Formerly with Gdańsk University of Technnology)

Performance Analysis of M-DPSK Modulation Over Fast-Hoyt Fading Channels Under Non-Isotropic Scattering Conditions
Nazih Hajri (Ecole Supérieure de Communications de Tunis, Sup’Com, Tunisia); Matthias Pätzold and Rym Hicheri (University of Agder, Norway); Neji Youssef (Ecole Supérieure des Communications de Tunis Sup’COM, Tunisia)