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Physical Layer Design, Link Budget Analysis and Digital Baseband Implementation for 60 GHz Short-Range Applications

S. Krone, F. Guderian, G. Fettweis, M. Petri, M. Piz, M. Marinkovic, M. Peter, R. Felbecker and W. Keusgen

The paper has been accepted for publication in the EuMA IJMWT Special Issue on 60-GHz-Communication-Systems ( http://journals.cambridge.org/MRF ).

Abstract: The large bandwidth of the 60 GHz frequency band enables wireless short-range applications with data rates of several Gbit/s. The German project EASY-A has focused on early prototype implementations for selected applications, though no generally accepted 60 GHz standard has been available at the time. The implementations are based on applicationoriented physical layer designs and link-budget investigations that account for the scenariospecific channel characteristics and for different integration technologies. This paper discusses the results of these investigations and details the hardware implementation of the digital baseband processing which relies on considerable parallelization. The link budget results show that SiGe technology allows for 1 Gbit/s at a range of 3.5 m in non-line-of-sight environments, while up to 10 Gbit/s are feasible at more than 1 m in case of strong line-of-sight.

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Publications Publications, alphabetical order Publications 2008 Publications 2009 Publications 2010 Publications 2011 ICC 2009 PR 01/2009 Final Presentation	[56] Physical Layer Design, Link Budget Analysis and Digital Baseband Implementation for 60 GHz Short-Range Applications S. Krone, F. Guderian, G. Fettweis, M. Petri, M. Piz, M. Marinkovic, M. Peter, R. Felbecker and W. Keusgen The paper has been accepted for publication in the EuMA IJMWT Special Issue on 60-GHz-Communication-Systems ( http://journals.cambridge.org/MRF ). Abstract: The large bandwidth of the 60 GHz frequency band enables wireless short-range applications with data rates of several Gbit/s. The German project EASY-A has focused on early prototype implementations for selected applications, though no generally accepted 60 GHz standard has been available at the time. The implementations are based on applicationoriented physical layer designs and link-budget investigations that account for the scenariospecific channel characteristics and for different integration technologies. This paper discusses the results of these investigations and details the hardware implementation of the digital baseband processing which relies on considerable parallelization. The link budget results show that SiGe technology allows for 1 Gbit/s at a range of 3.5 m in non-line-of-sight environments, while up to 10 Gbit/s are feasible at more than 1 m in case of strong line-of-sight.