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Physical layer design, link budget analysis, and digital baseband implementation for 60 GHz short-range applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2011

Stefan Krone ,
Falko Guderian ,
Gerhard Fettweis ,
Markus Petri ,
Maxim Piz ,
Miroslav Marinkovic ,
Michael Peter ,
Robert Felbecker  and
Wilhelm Keusgen
Stefan Krone*
Affiliation:
TU Dresden, Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems, 01062 Dresden, Germany. Phone: +49 0351 46341061.
Falko Guderian
Affiliation:
TU Dresden, Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems, 01062 Dresden, Germany. Phone: +49 0351 46341061.
Gerhard Fettweis
Affiliation:
TU Dresden, Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems, 01062 Dresden, Germany. Phone: +49 0351 46341061.
Markus Petri
Affiliation:
IHP Microelectronics, 15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.
Maxim Piz
Affiliation:
IHP Microelectronics, 15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.
Miroslav Marinkovic
Affiliation:
IHP Microelectronics, 15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.
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.
*
Corresponding author: S. Krone Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The large bandwidth of the 60 GHz frequency band enables wireless short-range applications with data rates of several Gbit/s. The German project EASY-A has focused on early prototype implementations for selected applications, although no generally accepted 60 GHz standard has been available at the time. The implementations are based on application-oriented physical layer designs and link-budget investigations that account for the scenario-specific channel characteristics and for different integration technologies. This paper discusses the results of these investigations and details the hardware implementation of the digital baseband processing that relies on considerable parallelization. The link-budget results show that SiGe technology allows for 1 Gbit/s at a range of 3.5 m in non-line-of-sight environments, while up to 10 Gbit/s are feasible at more than 1 m in case of strong line of sight.

Keywords

Wireless systems and signal processing60 GHz applicationsprototyingphysical layer designlink budget analysisdigital baseband implementation
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. 189 - 200
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2011

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