scholarly journals High-Speed Millimeter-Wave Mobile Experimentation on Software-Defined Radios

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-42
Author(s):  
Jesus O. Lacruz ◽  
Dolores Garcia ◽  
Pablo Jimenez ◽  
Joan Palacios ◽  
Joerg Widmer
Keyword(s):  
Signal Processing ◽  
Millimeter Wave ◽  
Mobile Networks ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Time Signal ◽  
60 Ghz ◽  
Very High Frequency ◽  
Open Platform ◽  
Very High

Millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) communications have become an integral part of WLAN standards and 5G mobile networks and, as application data rate requirements increase, more and more traffic will move to these very high frequency bands. Although there is an ample choice of powerful experimental platforms for sub-6 GHz research, building mm-Wave systems is much more difficult due to the very high hardware requirements. To address the lack of suitable experimentation platforms, we propose mm-FLEX, a flexible and modular open platform with real-time signal processing capabilities that supports a bandwidth of 2 GHz and is compatible with current mm-Wave standards. The platform is built around a fast FPGA processor and a 60 GHz phased antenna array at front-end that can be reconfigured at nanosecond timescales. Together with its ease of use, this turns the platform into a unique tool for research on beam training in highly mobile scenarios and full-bandwidth mm-Wave signal processing.

scholarly journals 3D Spatial Reuse of Multi-Millimeter-Wave Spectra by Ultra-Dense In-Building Small Cells for Spectral and Energy Efficiencies of Future 6G Mobile Networks

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rony Kumer Saha
Keyword(s):  
Millimeter Wave ◽  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Frequency Reuse ◽  
System Level ◽  
Small Cells ◽  
Spatial Reuse ◽  
60 Ghz ◽  
Spectrum Utilization ◽  
Sixth Generation

The sixth-generation (6G) mobile networks are expected to operate at a higher frequency to achieve a wider bandwidth and to enhance the frequency reuse efficiency for improved spectrum utilization. In this regard, three-dimensional (3D) spatial reuse of millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectra by in-building small cells is considered an effective technique. In contrast to previous works exploiting microwave spectra, in this paper, we present a technique for the 3D spatial reuse of 28 and 60 GHz mmWave spectra by in-building small cells, each enabled with dual transceivers operating at 28 and 60 GHz bands, to enhance frequency reuse efficiency and achieve the expected spectral efficiency (SE) and energy efficiency (EE) requirements for 6G mobile networks. In doing so, we first present an analytical model for the 28 GHz mmWave spectrum to characterize co-channel interference (CCI) and deduce a minimum distance between co-channel small cells at both intra- and inter-floor levels in a multistory building. Using minimum distances at both intra- and inter-floor levels, we find the optimal 3D cluster size for small cells and define the corresponding 3D spatial reuse factor, such that the entire 28 and 60 GHz spectra can be reused by each 3D cluster in each building. Considering a system architecture where outdoor macrocells and picocells operate in the 2 GHz microwave spectrum, we derive system-level average capacity, SE, and EE values, as well as develop an algorithm for the proposed technique. With extensive numerical and simulation results, we show the impacts of 3D spatial reuse of multi-mmWave spectra by small cells in each building and the number of buildings per macrocell on the average SE and EE performances. Finally, it is shown that the proposed technique can satisfy the expected average SE and EE requirements for 6G mobile networks.

scholarly journals Strategic Control of 60 GHz Millimeter-Wave High-Speed Wireless Links for Distributed Virtual Reality Platforms

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joongheon Kim ◽  
Jae-Jin Lee ◽  
Woojoo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Power Allocation ◽  
Millimeter Wave ◽  
Data Transmission ◽  
Data Center ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Average Energy ◽  
Wireless Transmission ◽  
60 Ghz ◽  
Strategic Control

This paper discusses the stochastic and strategic control of 60 GHz millimeter-wave (mmWave) wireless transmission for distributed and mobile virtual reality (VR) applications. In VR scenarios, establishing wireless connection between VR data-center (called VR server (VRS)) and head-mounted VR device (called VRD) allows various mobile services. Consequently, utilizing wireless technologies is obviously beneficial in VR applications. In order to transmit massive VR data, the 60 GHz mmWave wireless technology is considered in this research. However, transmitting the maximum amount of data introduces maximum power consumption in transceivers. Therefore, this paper proposes a dynamic/adaptive algorithm that can control the power allocation in the 60 GHz mmWave transceivers. The proposed algorithm dynamically controls the power allocation in order to achieve time-average energy-efficiency for VR data transmission over 60 GHz mmWave channels while preserving queue stabilization. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm presents desired performance.

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