Directed antennas in the Mobile Broadband System

Author

Horneffer, Martin ; Plassmann, Dieter

Author_Institution

Regional Comput. Centre, Koln Univ., Germany

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

24-28 Mar 1996

Firstpage

704

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '96. Fifteenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer Societies. Networking the Next Generation. Proceedings IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0743-166X

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7293-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1996.493367

Filename

493367