Standardized Point-Data Formats for 6G Channel Modeling
Event Details
- Reception: 3:30 p.m., Room AB 2100
- Talk: 4:00 p.m., Room AB 2100
- Format: In person and online via Zoom
- Location: Virginia Tech Academic Building One (AB1), 3625 Potomac Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22305
Abstract
The potential for major new 6G spectrum allocations in the upper mid-band and THz ranges has intensified the need for reliable channel models within wireless standards bodies. Such models depend on large empirical, in-situ measurement campaigns across use cases and geographic regions, but those campaigns are expensive, time-consuming, and vary in quality depending on how the data is collected. This talk presents a standardized point-data format that allows empirical channel measurements to be collected, pooled, and reused by standards contributors. The format is designed to improve channel-model accuracy through larger shared data sets while enabling artificial intelligence and machine learning methods to synthesize richer channel models. The approach is demonstrated through a collaboration between New York University and the University of Southern California, where field measurements from different channel-sounder systems are pooled to produce a more representative Urban Microcell channel model that can be processed effectively by machines.
Speaker Bio
Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport is the David Lee/Ernst Weber Professor of Electrical Engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, a professor of computer science at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and a professor of radiology at the NYU School of Medicine. He is the founding director of NYU WIRELESS, the first academic research center to combine engineering, computer science, and medicine, and he previously founded the Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group (MPRG), now part of Wireless@Virginia Tech.
Rappaport has pioneered radio wave propagation measurement and modeling for cellular and personal communications, millimeter-wave and sub-THz wireless systems, site-specific RF channel modeling, wireless network design, antennas, circuits, and beamforming. His work has influenced international wireless standards and helped advance the use of millimeter-wave and sub-THz spectrum for 5G and beyond. He has served on the FCC Technological Advisory Council, conducted research for government agencies and telecommunications companies, authored or edited 24 books, and holds more than 100 U.S. or international patents issued or pending. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue University.