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60 GHz WLAN applications and implementation aspects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2011

Benedikt Schulte ,
Michael Peter ,
Robert Felbecker ,
Wilhelm Keusgen ,
Rainer Steffen ,
Hermann Schumacher ,
Marcus Hellfeld ,
Atheer Barghouthi ,
Stefan Krone  and
Falko Guderian
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Benedikt Schulte*
Affiliation:
EADS Deutschland GmbH, Innovation Works, 81663 Munich, Germany. Phone:  + 49 89 607 24203.
Michael Peter
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, 10587 Berlin, Germany.
Robert Felbecker
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, 10587 Berlin, Germany.
Wilhelm Keusgen
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, 10587 Berlin, Germany.
Rainer Steffen
Affiliation:
BMW Group Research and Technology, 80788 Munich, Germany.
Hermann Schumacher
Affiliation:
University of Ulm, Institute of Electron Devices and Circuits, Albert-Einstein-Allee 45, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
Marcus Hellfeld
Affiliation:
TU Dresden, Chair for Circuit Design and Network Theory, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
Atheer Barghouthi
Affiliation:
TU Dresden, Chair for Circuit Design and Network Theory, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
Stefan Krone
Affiliation:
TU Dresden, Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
Falko Guderian
Affiliation:
TU Dresden, Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
Gerhard P. Fettweis
Affiliation:
TU Dresden, Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
Volker Ziegler
Affiliation:
EADS Deutschland GmbH, Innovation Works, 81663 Munich, Germany. Phone:  + 49 89 607 24203.
*
Corresponding author: B. Schulte Email: benedikt.schulte@eads.net
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Abstract

Various wireless applications are currently under development for the unlicensed 60 GHz band. This paper describes three examples with different system requirements. The first two are point-to-multipoint wireless networks (in an airplane and in a car) and the third one is a short range point-to-point connection. Special requirements of the applications are a high number of users for the point-to-multipoint connection and a high data rate of 10 Gbit/s for the point-to-point connection system. Implementation aspects are pointed out, which are important to demonstrate the functionality of the system in a relevant environment and are key aspects to develop the related products. For example, integration aspects of the antenna into an airplane passenger seat and the receiver concept of the radio frequency-(RF) front-end to reducing the power consumption at ultrahigh data rates are described. Additionally, to determine the geometrical system architecture, ray-tracing simulations inside an aircraft and inside a car were performed.

Keywords

60 GHzWLANray-tracingantenna integrationdigital basebandQPSK demodulator
Type
Research Article
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 3 , Special Issue 2: 60 GHz Wireless Communication Circuits and Systems , April 2011 , pp. 213 - 221
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2011

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