Directional propagation measurements and modeling in an urban environment at 3.7 GHz

In order to realistically model urban micro-cell environments with low base station heights, a measurement campaign has been conducted in the 3.5–3.8 GHz frequency band. The two scenarios of interest are the Urban Micro (UMi) Campus and Open Square scenarios. The findings of this campaign led to a parameter set for the quasi deterministic radio channel generator (QuaDRiGa) channel model and shall be used to improve accuracy in small-cell network design and evaluation towards 5G. This report includes details about the measurement array antenna as well as the approach of data analysis and postprocessing.