Sub-Project: Investigation of 60 GHz Broadband Communication: System Design and Implementation Aspects

Investigation of the 60 GHz radio channel

• Ray-tracing simulations (car, aircraft)
• Determination of dielectric parameters of application-specific materials (car, aircraft)
• Provision of preliminary measurement data (from prior campaigns)

Transmission techniques and system concept

• Link-budget
• Crest-factor and power backoff
• Channel capacity
• MIMO concepts

Implementation aspects

• Development and evaluation of processing elements for 60 GHz broadband communication:
  • Pilot sequences
  • Synchronization
  • Channel estimation
• Link level simulations
• Algorithm optimization
• Design-flow for digital real-time implementation
• Implementation aspects for Altera FPGAs

Medium Access Control (MAC) and higher layer aspects

• Evaluation of managed and unmanaged transmission schemes (efficiency, protocol overhead)
• System model of the air interface
• Link adaptation and resource allocation with regard to feedback information
• Evaluation of single hop / multi hop transmission schemes and fallback solutions
• Network entry and handover
• Definition of application specific QoS classes, MAC and PHY implications