First 5G radio channel models finalised
Researchers and developers of new technologies and products will benefit from the proposed 5G radio channel models in several areas. These include system performance evaluation, system optimisation, radio interface simulation and prototyping, R&D testing and final product approval.
According to Paul Beaver, Products Director at Anite’s Device and Infrastructure Testing business, "Anite’s Propsim radio Channel Emulator, with industry-first 5G radio channel models, will enable developers to characterise the performance of early 5G designs."
As 5G will support a broad range of applications, different channel models are expected to be required. The METIS proposal consists of three different models: a map-based model, a stochastic model and a hybrid model (derived from the two previous models). This provides a flexible and scalable channel modelling framework.
The METIS proposal details end-user scenarios, test cases and requirements mapped to various propagation scenarios. Consequently, the proposed radio channel models address a very wide frequency spectrum; from relatively low frequencies in the current cellular frequency bands to centimetre and millimetre wave frequencies.
METIS (Mobile and wireless communications Enablers for 2020 Information Society) is co-funded by the European Commission as an Integrated Project under the Seventh Framework Programme for research and development (FP7).
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