High-speed Internet access via HVAC ducts: a new approach

Author

Stancil, Daniel D. ; Tonguz, Ozan K. ; Xhafa, Ariton ; Cepni, Ahmet ; Nikitin, Pavel ; Brodtkorb, Dagfin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Volume

6

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3604

Abstract

We report a novel technique for inexpensive high-speed Internet access in buildings. Our work shows that, one can use heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) ducts for indoor wireless transmission systems and networks. Measurements and system calculations show that coverage distances in excess of 100 meters from the base station and data rates of up to 100 Mbps should be possible, when HVAC system is used in conjunction with OFDM technology

Keywords

HVAC; Internet; indoor radio; 100 Mbit/s; 2.4 GHz; HVAC ducts; HVAC system; ISM band; OFDM technology; base station; buildings; coverage distances; data rates; heating ventilation and air conditioning; high-speed Internet access; indoor broad- band Internet access; indoor wireless transmission networks; indoor wireless transmission systems; Coaxial cables; Communication cables; Ducts; Electromagnetic radiation; Internet; Optical transmitters; RF signals; Radio transmitters; Receiving antennas; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2001. GLOBECOM '01. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7206-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2001.966353

Filename

966353