60 GHz Time Domain Channel Sounder

Abstract

This paper describes a time domain channel sounder based on pseudorandom binary sequences. The channel sounder system consists of several off-the-shelf laboratory instruments connected together and controlled from PC. Frequency band of interest is the unlicensed millimeter wave band (MMW), 57–64 GHz. The system’s architecture and its parameters are presented and discussed. Crucial feature of the proposed system is fast measurement speed enabling measurements of real scenarios with moving objects.