Proceedings of the 1st International Multi-Disciplinary Conference Theme: Sustainable Development and Smart Planning, IMDC-SDSP 2020, Cyperspace, 28-30 June 2020

Research Article

Comparison of Indoor Propagation Models at 2.4GHz for 5G Wireless Mobile Networks using SDN Simulator

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.28-6-2020.2298601,
        author={Haru  Alhassan and Raed  Abdulhameed and Mohammed  Ngala},
        title={Comparison of Indoor Propagation Models at 2.4GHz for 5G Wireless Mobile Networks using SDN Simulator},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Multi-Disciplinary Conference Theme: Sustainable Development and Smart Planning, IMDC-SDSP 2020, Cyperspace, 28-30 June 2020},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={IMDC-SDSP},
        year={2020},
        month={9},
        keywords={transmit power path loss rssi sinr mininet-wifi},
        doi={10.4108/eai.28-6-2020.2298601}
    }
    
  • Haru Alhassan
    Raed Abdulhameed
    Mohammed Ngala
    Year: 2020
    Comparison of Indoor Propagation Models at 2.4GHz for 5G Wireless Mobile Networks using SDN Simulator
    IMDC-SDSP
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.28-6-2020.2298601
Haru Alhassan1,*, Raed Abdulhameed2, Mohammed Ngala3
  • 1: Faculty of Engineering and Informatics University of Bradford U.K
  • 2: Faculty of Engineering and Informatics University of Bradford U.K.
  • 3: Heaton Education Bradford U.K
*Contact email: haru@ncc.gov.ng

Abstract

In this paper, a comparison on performance of indoor radio propagation models for 5G wireless networks is presented. The 5G wireless networks will be marked with movement of large volume of data and support for newer applications that require much high bandwidth (IoT, Ultra-Reliable and low latency Communications, Industrial Automations, Robotics, Drones and Virtual Reality to mention just few). There is going to be serious challenge in meeting the RF signal coverage for indoor environments. Although there is no single RF propagation model that is suitable for all indoor environments, a number of popular indoor propagation models were compared using Mininet-Wifi Simulator at 2.4 GHz. ITU-T model is recommended because of its superior performance over the other three propagation models. The channel characteristics was analyzed based on Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI).