mmWave mobile broadband (MMB): Unleashing the 3–300GHz spectrum

Author

Khan, Farooq ; Pi, Zhouyue

Author_Institution

Dallas Technol. Lab., Samsung Electron., Richardson, TX, USA

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Almost all cellular mobile communications including first generation analog systems, second generation digital systems, third generation WCDMA, and fourth generation OFDMA systems use Ultra High Frequency (UHF) band of radio spectrum with frequencies in the range of 300 MHz-3 GHz. This band of spectrum is becoming increasingly crowded due to spectacular growth in mobile data and other related services. The portion of the RF spectrum above 3 GHz has largely been uxexploited for commercial mobile applications. In this paper, we reason why wireless community should start looking at 3-300 GHz spectrum for mobile broadband applications. We discuss propagation and device technology challenges associated with this band as well as its unique advantages such as spectrum availability and small component sizes for mobile applications.

Keywords

broadband networks; microwave propagation; millimetre wave propagation; mobile radio; cellular mobile communications; first generation analog systems; fourth generation OFDMA systems; frequency 3 GHz to 300 GHz; mmWave mobile broadband; second generation digital systems; spectrum availability; third generation WCDMA; ultra high frequency band; Aperture antennas; Attenuation; Broadband communication; Dipole antennas; Fresnel reflection; Mobile communication; Rain;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sarnoff Symposium, 2011 34th IEEE

Conference_Location

Princeton, NJ

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-681-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-61284-680-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SARNOF.2011.5876482

Filename

5876482