Modeling Diffuse Scattering in Mobility Scenarios: Ray Tracing Model and Measurement Validation

Abstract

Open-source ray tracing (RT) frameworks are increasingly used for site-specific channel modeling due to their reproducibility and extensibility. In non-stationary mobility scenarios, repeated RT evaluations can generate different diffuse propagation paths without preserving their correspondence, limiting a consistent representation of their temporal evolution. To address this limitation, we extend diffuse scattering modeling in Sionna RT using persistent surface-associated scattering points. Their positions remain fixed, while their contributions evolve according to changes in the propagation geometry and visibility. The proposed approach is validated using empirical radio channel impulse response measurements in an urban vehicular scenario at 5.9 GHz. Compared with the standard Sionna RT baseline, the proposed model shows improved agreement with measurements in the delay and Doppler domains.