{"ID":2871856,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10357","arxiv_id":"2509.10357","title":"Realistic UE Antennas for 6G in the 3GPP Channel Model","abstract":"The transition to 6G has driven significant updates to the 3GPP channel model, particularly in modeling UE antennas and user-induced blockage for handheld devices. The 3GPP Rel.19 revision of TR 38.901 introduces a more realistic framework that captures directive antenna patterns, practical antenna placements, polarization effects, and element-specific blockage. These updates are based on high-fidelity simulations and measurements of a reference smartphone across multiple frequency ranges. By aligning link- and system-level simulations with real-world device behavior, the new model enables more accurate evaluation of 6G technologies and supports consistent performance assessment across industry and research.","short_abstract":"The transition to 6G has driven significant updates to the 3GPP channel model, particularly in modeling UE antennas and user-induced blockage for handheld devices. The 3GPP Rel.19 revision of TR 38.901 introduces a more realistic framework that captures directive antenna patterns, practical antenna placements, polariza...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10357","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.10357v2","authors":"[\"Simon Svendsen\",\"Dimitri Gold\",\"Christian Rom\",\"Volker Pauli\",\"Vuokko Nurmela\"]","published":"2025-09-12T15:45:32Z","proceeding":"eess.SP","tasks":"[\"eess.SP\",\"cs.NI\"]","methods":"[]","has_code":false}