An Initial Study of Human-Scale Blockage in sub-THz Radio Propagation with Application to Indoor Passive Localization

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.16894v1
• Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 12:01:05 GMT
• Title: An Initial Study of Human-Scale Blockage in sub-THz Radio Propagation with Application to Indoor Passive Localization
• Authors: F. Paonessa, G. Virone, S. Kianoush, A. Nordio, S. Savazzi,
• Abstract summary: The paper empirically investigates the body induced electromagnetic (EM) effects, namely the human body blockage. The proposed analysis focuses on both the alterations of channel frequency response induced by body presence. The proposed study has applications in device-free radio localization and radio frequency (RF) sensing scenarios.
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• Abstract: This paper empirically investigates the body induced electromagnetic (EM) effects, namely the human body blockage, by conducting indoor measurement campaigns in the unexplored sub-THz W-band (75-110 GHz) and G-band (170-260 GHz). The proposed analysis focuses on both the alterations of channel frequency response induced by body presence, fully or partially obstructing the line-of-sight (LoS) between transmitter and recevier, as well as on the channel impulse response (CIR) for selected movements of the target, i.e. crossing the LoS of the radio link. Modelling of large scale parameters is also presented using a phantom body object. The proposed study has applications in device-free radio localization and radio frequency (RF) sensing scenarios where the EM radiation or environmental radio signals are collected and processed to detect and locate people without requiring them to wear any electronic devices. Although preliminary, the study reveals that discrimination of the blockage micro-movements is possible, achieving higher precision compared to classical RF sensing and localization using cm-scale wavelengths (2.4-6GHz bands).

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