How to Differentiate between Near Field and Far Field: Revisiting the Rayleigh Distance
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| author | Sun, Shu Li, Renwang Han, Chong Liu, Xingchen Xue, Liuxun Tao, Meixia |
| author_facet | Sun, Shu Li, Renwang Han, Chong Liu, Xingchen Xue, Liuxun Tao, Meixia |
| contents | Future wireless systems are likely to adopt extremely large aperture arrays to achieve higher throughput, wider coverage, and higher spatial resolution. Conventional wireless systems predominantly operate in the far field (FF) of the radiation source. However, as the array size increases and the carrier wavelength decreases, the near field (NF) becomes nonnegligible. Since the NF and FF differ in many aspects, it is critical to identify their corresponding regions. In this article, we first provide a comprehensive overview of the existing NF-FF boundaries, then introduce a novel NF-FF demarcation method based on effective degrees of freedom (EDoF) of the channel. Since EDoF is intimately related to channel capacity, the EDoF-based border is able to characterize key channel performance more accurately than the classic Rayleigh distance and other representative benchmarks. Furthermore, we analyze the main features of the EDoF-based NF-FF boundary, provide insights into system design, and outline the associated challenges and research opportunities. |
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| spellingShingle | How to Differentiate between Near Field and Far Field: Revisiting the Rayleigh Distance Sun, Shu Li, Renwang Han, Chong Liu, Xingchen Xue, Liuxun Tao, Meixia Signal Processing Future wireless systems are likely to adopt extremely large aperture arrays to achieve higher throughput, wider coverage, and higher spatial resolution. Conventional wireless systems predominantly operate in the far field (FF) of the radiation source. However, as the array size increases and the carrier wavelength decreases, the near field (NF) becomes nonnegligible. Since the NF and FF differ in many aspects, it is critical to identify their corresponding regions. In this article, we first provide a comprehensive overview of the existing NF-FF boundaries, then introduce a novel NF-FF demarcation method based on effective degrees of freedom (EDoF) of the channel. Since EDoF is intimately related to channel capacity, the EDoF-based border is able to characterize key channel performance more accurately than the classic Rayleigh distance and other representative benchmarks. Furthermore, we analyze the main features of the EDoF-based NF-FF boundary, provide insights into system design, and outline the associated challenges and research opportunities. |
| title | How to Differentiate between Near Field and Far Field: Revisiting the Rayleigh Distance |
| topic | Signal Processing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.13238 |