Title :
Directed antennas in the Mobile Broadband System
Author :
Horneffer, Martin ; Plassmann, Dieter
Author_Institution :
Regional Comput. Centre, Koln Univ., Germany
Abstract :
The article investigates the usage of adaptive directed antennas for the Mobile Broadband System (MBS). The advantages and problems are considered. Solutions for the problems are proposed and evaluated with respect to cost, feasibility and efficiency. The MBS is a wireless cellular network operating at 60 GHz. It has been developed in the European collaborative RACE II project R2057, addressing techniques and technology (especially GaAs MMIC, i.e. millimetre-wave monolithic integrated circuits) as well as system concepts. A major feature of MBS is to transparently transport ATM cells over the air interface at bit rates of 34 Mbit/s per carrier
Keywords :
access protocols; adaptive antenna arrays; asynchronous transfer mode; broadband networks; cellular radio; directive antennas; linear antenna arrays; radio networks; 34 Mbit/s; 60 GHz; ATM cells transport; EHF; European collaborative project; MMIC; Mobile Broadband System; RACE II project R2057; adaptive directed antennas; air interface; efficiency; medium access protocols; millimetre-wave monolithic integrated circuits; wireless cellular network; Adaptive arrays; Broadband antennas; Collaboration; Costs; Gallium arsenide; Integrated circuit technology; Land mobile radio cellular systems; MMICs; Mobile antennas; Monolithic integrated circuits;
Conference_Titel :
INFOCOM '96. Fifteenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer Societies. Networking the Next Generation. Proceedings IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7293-5
DOI :
10.1109/INFCOM.1996.493367
