28 GHz Mobile Phone Antenna Patterns with Body Phantom Models

Lauri Vähä-Savo and Aalto University provide a dataset supplementing the publication "Empirical Evaluation of a 28 GHz Antenna Array on a 5G Mobile Phone Using a Body Phantom." It contains 3D surface meshes of a numerical human body model and a hexagonal styrofoam body phantom, alongside 3D polarimetric, directional, complex-valued realized-gain patterns simulated and measured at 28 GHz. The simulated antenna patterns have a 1-degree resolution in phi and theta angles, enabling detailed analysis of mobile phone radiation in proximity to the human body.

Use Cases

• Validating electromagnetic simulation software against physical measurements using the provided body phantom models.
• Analyzing the impact of the human body on mobile phone antenna radiation patterns at 28 GHz.
• Developing or testing algorithms for processing complex-valued, directional gain patterns from antenna arrays.
• Comparing free-space antenna performance with performance in the presence of a human body model.

Strengths

• Includes both simulated (1-degree angular resolution) and measured data for direct comparison.
• Provides detailed 3D CAD models (STP format) of a numerical human body and a custom hexagonal body phantom.
• Dataset is associated with a peer-reviewed IEEE publication, providing methodological context.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, file size, and specific column names are not provided on the listed platforms.
• The dataset does not include the antenna array design itself, which is described only in the referenced publication.
• The last update date is unknown, limiting assessment of dataset currency.

Provenance

Source

Aalto University, author Lauri Vähä-Savo

Collection Method

Data was generated through electromagnetic simulation (CST Studio Suite) and physical measurement using a custom body phantom.