NYUSIM Version 4.0 in MATLAB has been expanded to the frequency range of 0.5 GHz – 150 GHz and supports drop-based and spatial consistency based real-world channel simulations for UMi, UMa, RMa, InH and InF scenarios.

NYUSIM Version 1.0 in ns-3 is available at the ns-3 app store.

Learn more about NYUSIM Version 1.0 in ns-3 in the video below.

The latest features in NYUSIM 4.0 in MATLAB are listed below:

Last Modification 3/06/2023 – Update Notes

• Indoor channel models for the InF scenario for carrier frequencies from 0.5 to 150 GHz with an RF bandwidth from 0 Hz (CW) to 1 GHz.
  
• Outdoor channel models for the UMi scenario for carrier frequencies from 0.5 to 150 GHz with an RF bandwidth from 0 Hz (CW) to 1 GHz.
• Outdoor channel models for the UMa scenario for carrier frequencies from 0.5 to 150 GHz with an RF bandwidth from 0 Hz (CW) to 1 GHz.
• Outdoor channel models for the RMa scenario for carrier frequencies from 0.5 to 150 GHz with an RF bandwidth from 0 Hz (CW) to 1 GHz.
• Indoor channel models for the InH scenario for carrier frequencies from 0.5 to 150 GHz with an RF bandwidth from 0 Hz (CW) to 1 GHz.
• Enabled drop-based and spatial-consistency-based channel simulations for all five simulation scenarios (i.e., UMi, UMa, RMa, InH, and InF).
• NYUSIM 4.0 GUI has been updated. The Reset button functionality has been redesigned – users can now run simulations with the same input parameters as the last run or modify/enter new input parameter values. Note that in order to modify/enter new values or change the output location, please click the button “No” in the “Configuration Parameters” dialog box, which prompts on clicking the “Reset” button.
  
• A new Upload File button has been added to the GUI. Users can upload only a “.txt” file which contains input parameter values to run simulations. NYUSIM 4.0 restricts the user to upload a “.txt” file because a “.txt” file is very simple to create (no additional software packages are required), edit (can be created in any format and edited in all devices), store (requires a few Kilobits of space on a device) and share across devices (can be easily attached to emails and most computers and mobile devices can read a “.txt” file). The “.txt” file should contain all the input parameter values. If the “.txt” file has all input parameter values, then the GUI is updated with the values from the uploaded “.txt” file. On the other hand, if any value is missing in the uploaded “.txt” file, users must manually fill in all the input values in the GUI. Default values will be used if the user doesn’t manually specify a value for an input parameter. To upload a file, we recommend that users use the “BasicParameters.txt” file (this file contains all the input parameter values from a particular simulation run) or create a file similar in structure to “BasicParameters.txt” with their desired input parameter values. The “Upload File” option is helpful for users wanting to share their simulation configuration with others. Other users can use the “.txt” file without manually entering input parameter values to run simulations.
• In NYUSIM 4.0, the source code has been restructured. All the channel statistics are now stored in the file “fetchChanParams.m”. Redundant APIs have been removed and merged wherever necessary for easy understanding.

Additional Resources

Visit the NYUSIM research page to view key papers related to the simulator.

For more information on moving above 100 GHz, watch “Spectrum Frontiers: Terahertz” presented by Prof. Theodore (Ted) Rappaport to the member companies of the NYU WIRELESS Industrial Affiliates program on February 17, 2021.

S. Ju, D. Shakya, H. Poddar, Y. Xing, O. Kanhere and T. S. Rappaport, “142 GHz Sub-Terahertz Radio Propagation Measurements and Channel Characterization in Factory Buildings.” in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2023.3337601

S. Ju, and T. S. Rappaport. “142 GHz Multipath Propagation Measurements and Path Loss Channel Modeling in Factory Buildings.” 2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May. 2023, pp. 1-6.

S. Ju, Y. Xing, O. Kanhere, and T. S. Rappaport. “Sub-terahertz channel measurements and characterization in a factory building.” In ICC 2022-IEEE International Conference on Communications, pp. 2882-2887. IEEE, 2022.

Y. Xing, and T. S. Rappaport. “Millimeter wave and terahertz urban microcell propagation measurements and models.” IEEE Communications Letters 25, no. 12 (2021): 3755-3759.

S. Ju, Y. Xing, O. Kanhere, and T. S. Rappaport, “Millimeter wave and sub-Terahertz spatial statistical channel model for an indoor office building,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Special Issue on TeraHertz Communications and Networking, pp. 1–15, Second Quarter 2021.

S. Ju, Y. Xing, O. Kanhere and T. S. Rappaport, “3-D Statistical Indoor Channel Model for Millimeter-Wave and Sub-Terahertz Bands,” 2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020, pp. 1-7.

S. Ju, O. Kanhere, Y. Xing and T. S. Rappaport, “A Millimeter-Wave Channel Simulator NYUSIM with Spatial Consistency and Human Blockage,” 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Hawaii, USA, Dec. 2019, pp. 1-6.

S. Sun, G. R. MacCartney Jr., and T. S. Rappaport, “A novel millimeter-wave channel simulatorand applications for 5G wireless communications,” 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Paris, May 2017.

S. Sun, T. S. Rappaport, M. Shafi, P. Tang, J. Zhang and P. J. Smith, “Propagation Models and Performance Evaluation for 5G Millimeter-Wave Bands,” in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 8422-8439, Sept. 2018.

T. S. Rappaport, S. Sun, and M. Shafi, “Investigation and comparison of 3GPP and NYUSIM channel models for 5G wirelesscommunications,” in 2017 IEEE 86th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), Toronto, Canada, Sep. 2017.

M. K. Samimi and T. S. Rappaport, “3-D Millimeter-Wave Statistical Channel Model for 5G Wireless System Design,” in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 64, no. 7, pp. 2207-2225, July 2016.

Submittal to NIST 5G Alliance in 2016

5G mmWave Channel Model Alliance – Measurement Parameter and Scenario Parameter
Measurement Parameter and Scenario Parameter List

NYUSIM 4.0 in MATLAB and NYUSIM 1.0 in ns-3 – User License

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