A Comparison Study of Non-specular Diffuse Scattering Models at Terahertz Frequencies

Sheikh F, Lessy D, Alissa M, Kaiser T (2018)


Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2018

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Conference Proceedings Title: 2018 1st International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2018

Event location: Duisburg DE

ISBN: 9781538612217

DOI: 10.1109/IWMTS.2018.8454692

Abstract

At terahertz (THz) frequencies, dimensions of optically thin building materials (e.g., sand-lime brick, gypsum plaster) are comparable to or even larger than the wavelength. Such materials, normally neglected and assumed smooth evidently become rough now. A smooth material will reflect the incident ray specularly in a single direction, whilst a rough material will scatter it into various directions. Perhaps, for very rough materials the specular reflection loses its privileged position, and the non-specular diffusely scattered rays dominate the reflection behaviour. Likewise, a widely known fact that the surface roughness alters the scattered field far more than its electrical properties, emphasizes that these unique features lead to new multipath scattering models to characterize the THz channel. Effective Roughness (ER) and Beckmann-Kirchhoff (B-K) models address the problem of diffuse scattering by means of approximate models. This paper compares the aforementioned models considering the impact of diffuse scattering on total received power by employing ray-tracing tool in an indoor office environment. For this study, particular attention is diverted to the non-line-of-sight (NLoS) scenario due to its imminence in terms of coverage and performance.

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APA:

Sheikh, F., Lessy, D., Alissa, M., & Kaiser, T. (2018). A Comparison Study of Non-specular Diffuse Scattering Models at Terahertz Frequencies. In 2018 1st International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2018. Duisburg, DE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

MLA:

Sheikh, Fawad, et al. "A Comparison Study of Non-specular Diffuse Scattering Models at Terahertz Frequencies." Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2018, Duisburg Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018.

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