International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

Advanced Simulation Methods of Antennas and Radio Propagation for 5G and Beyond Communications Systems


Publishing date
01 Sep 2019
Status
Published
Submission deadline
03 May 2019

Lead Editor

1University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

2Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

3Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China


Advanced Simulation Methods of Antennas and Radio Propagation for 5G and Beyond Communications Systems

Description

Wireless 5G networks are expected to provide data rates of up to tens of gigabits per second. These networks will be able to support a large number of novel scenarios and applications with higher frequency and much better reliability. To overcome the aforementioned challenges, resources, technologies, and research towards new technological concepts are needed. Hence, innovative joint investigation, assessment, and design of theoretical models, aligned and supported by experimental validation, are required. In order to support successful design, accurate simulation models become a crucial part of the process.

Additionally, accurate channel characterization and modeling are important to evaluate these new technologies and the system performance at higher frequencies, including millimeter wave (mmWave) and Terahertz (THz) or sub-Terahertz (sub-THz) bands. On the other hand, new frequency bands require components and structures in integration with electrically large antenna arrays. In order to overcome a low directivity of the omnidirectional THz band antennas, small physical antenna size allows implementation of large number of antenna elements to a very small footprint. Some of the biggest challenges are to model the interaction of nearby antenna elements with RF front-ends and develop radically new approaches for antenna array pattern synthesis.

This special issue welcomes the submission of research and review articles highlighting new approaches to model, simulate, design, and analyze the characteristics of future wireless ultrahigh data speed communication system applications and technologies. Articles focusing on radio channel modelling, antennas and antenna arrays, pattern synthesis, and combination of these towards next generation (5G/6G) wireless communications systems will be considered.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

  • Simulation, design, measurement, and analysis of antennas and antenna arrays
  • Electrically large antenna arrays with pencil beam characteristics
  • Machine learning based channel modeling, and simulations
  • Radio propagation measurement, modeling, and simulations
  • Artificial intelligence in antenna design

Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2020
  • - Article ID 4387494
  • - Editorial

Advanced Simulation Methods of Antennas and Radio Propagation for 5G and Beyond Communications Systems

Marko Sonkki | Eva Antonino-Daviu | ... | Sami Myllymäki
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 6901383
  • - Research Article

OTA Testing for Massive MIMO Devices Using Cascaded APM Networks and Channel Emulators

Lijian Xin | Yong Li | ... | Xiang Zhang
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 8708762
  • - Research Article

A General 3D Nonstationary Vehicle-to-Vehicle Channel Model Allowing 3D Arbitrary Trajectory and 3D-Shaped Antenna Array

Qiuming Zhu | Weidong Li | ... | Xiaomin Chen
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 2071895
  • - Research Article

Compact Wideband Circularly Polarized Antenna with Symmetric Parasitic Rectangular Patches for Ka-Band Applications

Rongling Jian | Yueyun Chen | Taohua Chen
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 3981678
  • - Research Article

Outdoor-to-Indoor Channel Measurement and Coverage Analysis for 5G Typical Spectrums

Zhimeng Zhong | Jianyao Zhao | Chao Li
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 6529343
  • - Research Article

Continuously Frequency-Tunable Horn Filtennas Based on Dual-Post Resonators

Andreia A. C. Alves | Luis G. da Silva | ... | S. Arismar Cerqueira
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 5425703
  • - Research Article

Vehicular Channel in Urban Environments at 23 GHz for Flexible Access Common Spectrum Application

Longhe Wang | Bo Ai | ... | Ke Guan
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 3137583
  • - Research Article

Channel Characteristics of High-Speed Railway Station Based on Ray-Tracing Simulation at 5G mmWave Band

Lei Xiong | Haiyang Miao | ... | Adit Kurniawan
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2019
  • - Article ID 4656141
  • - Research Article

A Wideband Differential-Fed Microstrip Patch Antenna Based on Radiation of Three Resonant Modes

Taohua Chen | Yueyun Chen | Rongling Jian
International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
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