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Broadband Wireless Local-Area Networksat Millimeter Waves Around 60 GHz
Andreas G. Siamarou
University of Cyprus, Department of PhysicsPO Box 20537, Nicosia, CY-1678, Cyprus
Abstract
During the past few years, research covering propagation, channel characterization, and wireless system performance hasyield a substantial knowledge of the 60 GHz channel. Th e unlicensed 60 GHz frequency band presents many attractive prop-erties for wireless communications. This paper addresses some wideband propagation characteristics for broadband wireless
LAN s (BWLANs). Important system-design characteristics, from m easured resuits obtained from tw o wideband 60 GHz LOSradio links, are presented. Measurements were undertaken using the swept-frequency channel-sounding method. Analysisfrom the complex frequency responses in a worst-case scenario has yielded a lower-coherence-bandwidth value of 5 MHz.Minimum and maximum coherence bandwidths, obtained with a directional-horn transmitting antenna and an omnidirec-
tional receiving antenna, were 1.10 MHz and 105.33 MHz, respectively. It was observed that the coherence bandwidth fluctu-ated significantly with the location of the receiver with respect to the base station. These results can be use d for the modelingand design of future BWLANs.
Keywords: Local area networks; broadband communications; land mobile radio data communication; millimeter wavepropagation: millimeter wave communication; communication channels; land mobile radio propagation factors: millimeter wavemeasurements; multimedia com munication
1. Introduction
roadband wireless LANs (BWLANs), earmarked for futureB ideband wireless services in the 60 CHz band, are envisagedwith data-transmission rates up to 150 Mbis [1-13]. The 60GH z
band i s o f much interest, since this i s the hand in which massive
amounts of spectral space ( 5 GHz) have been allocated worldw idefor dense wireless loca l communications [ 2 ] . In addition, the6 0 G H r front-end technology i s emerging rapidly. There ar e a
number of multimedia applications for short-range conimunica-
tions. Indoor applications are likely to include wireless access to
local-area networks, the successfu l implementation of which
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requires a detailed knowledge of radio-propaga tion modes inside
buildings. I t i s o f great importance to determine exactly whatinformation i s required from the measurements and their conse-
quent applications. Essentially, measurements should he capableofproviding information pertinent to both accurate channelmodeling(i.e., simulation), and the implementation of radio systems an d
networks. This paper deals with experimental resu l ts conducted at
62.4 GH z from measured responses taken in two indoor environ-ments o f a university building to characterize the channels' fre-
qucnc y-cone lation function. Section 2 outlines some services,
applications, and characteristics of broadband wireless systems.Section 3 explains the measurement setup, th e environment, and
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the procedure used for the experiments. The last section presents
the concluding remarks and future work.
Communication
Infrastructure
Configurations
2. Services, Applications and
Characteristics ofBroadband Wireless Systems
The system concepts of a WLAN (wide-area local network),such as HIPERLA N, and of a broadband cellular system, such as a
BWLAN, are different: they are directed toward services andapplications that differ in many aspects. A comparison of several
systems conceming two of the key features (mobility and data rate)
is shown in Figure 1 [3], where it is clear that no overlap exists
between the two approaches. The differences are more salient
when o ther parameters are compared (Table 1 [3]).
for asynchronous services 64 kbis up to
2.048 Mhis for time-hounded services
Connectionless, Connectionless and connection-oriented
No, only HIPERLA N nodes with functions
for transmittins: and receiving, an d
optionally for forwarding, bridging, and
intemetworkin:: units
Standalo ne, ad.-hoc netwo rking, integration
or MAC-level bridging with other LANs,
150 Mbis
Yes, cellular system consisting of mobile
stations, base stations comprising
transceivers, controller, and interworking
Stand-alone, integration with B-ISDN,
interworking with other networksintemetworkinRwith other networks
3 .60 GHz Broadband Wireless LANEnvironment and Measurement Setup
3.1 Transmitter
M obility U p t o 3 6 k "
Coveraee Locallv "unlimited" due to forwardine of
converted (mixed) to a 62 .4 GH z carrier, prior to transmission. Th e
phase-locked oscillator (PLO) can be either synthesized from a
I0 0 MHz intemal oven-controlled crystal, or from an extemal ref-
erence. The up-converter has an IF bandwidth from dc to 6 GHz,
and can also be used as a modulator. The output of the up-
converter consists of two sidebands at a level approximately 6-
7 dB below the swept-IF signal level. The upper sideband, with
frequencies between 63.4 GHz and 64.4 GHz, is passed through afilter. The bandpass filter, with pass-hand specified at 63.4 GHz
an d 65 .4 GHz, also suppresses the lower sideband between
60 .4 GHz and 61.4 GHz.
Up to 100 kmih
"Unlimited" due to cellular infrastructure
Figure 2 shows the block diagram of this system [14]. At thetransmitter, the synthesized output of a vector network analyzer
(VNA HP8714C) is step-swept between 1-2 GHz. This is then up-
Channel Access
Frequency Bands
Duplexing
Roquiwd Dah Rate
Fi g u r e 1. A compar i son of mobi l ity and da ta ra tes for severa l
systems.
up to 800 m at 1 Mbis
FDMA ITDMA, variable data packets (up to
24322 bit), no kame structure, contention
mode with priority symbols)
5.15-5.30 GHz
17.1-17.3 GH z
1 frequency TDD
1 frequency
FDMA ITDMA, frame structure with fixed
time slots and transmission bursts (356
39.5-40.5an d 42.5-43.5 GH z
62.0-63.0an d 65.0-66.0 G H z
2 frequencies FDD, up to 4 carriers in
Ta b l e 1. A compar i son of HIPER LAN and B WLA N character i st i cs .
H I P E R L A N B W L A N
Public and private system
Mobile and w ireless extension to or
replacement of fixed B-ISDNIndoor and outdoor, all IBC services and
LANs
computer
ServicesiData Rates
I I1 active nodes
1 Up to 50 m at :!0 Mbis and
1 and handover
1 Up to I km, epending on antenna andange
I parallelI 40 to 150 Mbishysical Channel Access
Modulation 1 OMSK I 4- and 16-OQAM
1 23.5 Mbis
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F ig u re 2. T h e 62.4 GHz channel-sound ing system fo r 4G
BWLANs.
F ig u re 3. Th e mil l imeter-wave band omnid irect ional an tenna.
3.2 Receiver
At the receiver, a 62.4 GHz phase-locked o scillator is synthe-
sized from the same 100 MHz oven-controlled crystal by connect-
ing a 50 m Sucoflex flexible coaxial cable (very low loss: 0.23-
0.73 dBIm) from the transmitter to the receiver. The 1-2 GHz sig-
nal is coheren tly detected, amplified by an LN A (low-noise ampli-
fier), with bandwidth of 900-2000 MHz and 32 dB gain. It then is
fed hack through a second 50 m Sucoflex flexible coaxial cable tothe receiving port of the vector network analyzer, to measure the
channel's transfer function. The channel-sounding system was
calibrated in an anecho ic chamber.
3.3 Antennas
Two antenna configurations were used in the measurements.
Two stand ard horns were used at the transmitter and receiver in the
first configuration. In the second configuration, a standard homand an omnidirectional antenna were used as transmitting and
receiving antennas, respectively. The standard horn, with a gain of
10 dBi, had 3 dB beamwidths of 69" an d 55' in the E and H p lanes,
respectively. The o mnidirectional antenna had 6 dBi of gain, and
full azimuth coverage with a 6 . Y E-plane (elevation) heamwidth
[15]. It consisted of two reflector plates supported by a hollow
plastic cylinder, as shown in Figure 3.
3.4 Environment and Analysis of
Measured Results
Frequency-response measurements were obtained in two
indoor line-of-sight (LOS) channels. The first environment com-
prised a comidor (41 OO x 1 Y 1 x 2.68 m; see Figure 4), located onthe second floor comdor of a four-story building. The corridor had
window s in alcoves, a fixed metallic heater, wooden doo rs to vari-
ous rooms, and plasterboard sidewalls covered with a thin metalsheet. The floor was covered with vinyl plastic tiles, and the ceil-
ing was covered with polystyrene tiles to which neon lamps were
attached over the length of the corridor. The above scenario is con-
sidered to be the worst-case sc enario for a typical60 GHz system.
The second environment (12.80 x 6.92 x 2.60 m) was a lec-
ture room, with thick walls made of bricks and concrete blocks,
and with a carpeted floor and a ceiling made of polystyrene tiles.
Cubic-shaped electric metallic heaters and windows were present
on one wall. There was also a metallic fire door with two white
boards. Th e tables and chairs were arranged in order to simulate an
office environment. Two measurement links were set up, one with
the room empty and ano ther with furniture.
In the corridor, the transmitter was mounted on a box and leftstationary at one end. The receiver was displac ed to different loca-
F ig u re 4a. T h e l e c t u re r o o m 60 GHz broadband wireless LA N
env ironment .
F ig u re 4 b . T h e co r r id o r 6 0 G H z b ro ad b an d w i re l e s s LA Nenv ironment .
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Fi g u r e 5. Th e frequency-correlat ion funct ions obtained in the
c o r r i d o r . Cu r v e a ( the upper, thicker l ine on the lef t) is for a
separa t ion of 1.5 m (probe), curve b ( the l ighter , ce ntral l ine) is
for a separa t ion of 18.09 m, an d curv e c ( the lower l ine) is for a
separa t ion of 37.80 m.
Hom-Hom
Hom-Omni
Furniture
Empty
Co r r i d o r
Room
lions along the center line of the corridor, thus varying its positionfrom the transmitter. Both the transmitting and receiving antennas
were placed 1.70 m abov e the floor, pointing in each other's direc-
tion.
Figure 5 shows the frequency-correlation functions (FCF)
obtained for three transmitter-receiver distances. Curve a (referred
to as the probe signal) was taken at 1.5 m, which emulates the cali-
bration geometly and could be assumed to have negligible mnlti-
path contributions. Curves h and c correspond to the freq,uency-
correlation functions obtained at 18.09 m and 37.8 m, respectively.
Th e degradation with respect to the prob e signal (1.50 m) of the
frequency-correlation functions corresponding to 18.09 m an d37.80 m of transmit-receive terminal distances can be seen in Fig-
ur e 5 .
A rapid decrease of the frequency-correlation function with
respect to the frequency separation and, also, as the receivermoved away from the base station, wer e observed. The decr,:ase of
the frequency-correlation function was not monotonic, and this
was due to the presence of multipath echoes in the mm-wave radio
channel. The 90th percentile of th e coherence bandwidth at a cor-
relation level of 0.9 for the corridor values stayed below 38 MHz.
The minimum and maximum Bo,, coherence bandwidths, obtained
with a directional-hom transmitting antenna and an omnidirec-
tional receiving antenna, w ere 1.10 MH z and 105.3 MHz, respec-
tively (Table 2). The coherence-bandwidth function for the 0.9 cor-
relation level as a function of the receiver position for the corridor
is shown in Figure 6. It can be observed that the coherence band-
width was highly variable with changes in the location of the
receiver w ith respect to the base station [16, 171. Strictly speaking,
the highly fluctuating coherence bandwidth means that the :system
designer can only rely on the lower values of this param'zter in
such an environment. From Figure 6, this is about 5 MHz.
~
M i u M a x S/D M e a n 90%
1.3 84.5 16.0 14.1 38.0
1.1 105.3 16.4 11.5 31.5
5.8 75.6 21.5 31.3 62.8
6.8 82.6 23.3 23.3 72.0
4. Conclusions and Future work
The huge amount o f transmission capacity required for
broadband wireless LANs can only be accommodated in the
180 I1
Table 2. Th e stat ist ics of the coherence-bandwidth funct ion f or
th e 0.9 correlat ion level for the corrido r an d the room, for the
cases investigated.
" . . 10 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Disiancs from the Bare stelion jmj
Figure 6. Th e c o h e r e n c e b a n d wi d th for th e 0.9 correlat io n level
as a funct ion of the receiver posi t ion in th e corridor, showing a
lower value of abo ut 5 MHz.
60 GHz frequency band. T he mm-wave bands are of special inter-
est for indoor applications, because of the potential for frequency
reuse. There is a massive amount of spectral space allocated
worldwide for dense wireless local communications. It is
extremely important to determine exactly what information is
required from the measurements, and what are the applications.Measurements should be capable of providing information pert-
nent to both accurate channel modeling, and to the design evalua-
tion of radio services. The 90th percentile of the coherence band-
width at a correlation level of 0.9 for the corridor values stayed
helow 38M Hz . The minimnm and maximum coherence
bandwidths obtained with a directional-horn transmitting antenna
and an omn idirectional receiving antenna were 1.10 MH z and
105.33 MHz, respectively. T he lower coherence bandw idth valueobtained in a worst-case 60 GH r scenario was 5 MHz. It was
observed that the coherence bandwidth fluctuated significantly
with the location of the receiver with respect to the base station.
The reasons for the fluctuations were shown to he due to the pres-
ence or absence of frequency selectivity in the channel response,
which varied significantly with small displacements in the position
of the receiver. The measurement results presented in this papercan be used to refine the existing 6 0 GH z channel models, and to
assist in the development of new models.
Future research work is recommended in the following direc-
tions:
Performance ev aluation of 60 GHz indoor radio channels, to
include data transmission and BE R measurements. Thisevaluation can be based on directly measurement results.
Th e application o f various diversity, equalization, modula-
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tion, and coding techniques for widehand 60 GHz m ulti-path channels represents a challenging area for future
research.
Deterministic modeling using ray-tracing of 60 GHz indoor
radio channels.
a Statistical propagation modeling might he considered, based
on an extensive measurement data pool.
Indoor-outdoor m obile characterization in various 60 GHz
environments, to include second-order channel statistics,
e.g., Doppler spectra, angles of arrival, and average fadestatistics.
Determination of an asynchronous transfer method, tailoredto handle broadb and information traffic in a wireless LAN.
Items such as transfer mode, duplex method, error control,multi-access control, and OFDM cou ld be investigated.
Biological effects on human tissues and SAR in the human
operators exposed to 60 GHz EM radiation in environments
likely to occur in W LAN applications.
Design of low-cost antenna solutions operating at 60 GHz.
Charting out everything that should be done to pave the way
towards affordable high-voltage production of 60 GHz
front-end MMlCs.
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Andreas G. Siamarou was bom in Trikomo, Famagusta,
Cyprus on October 30, 1972. He received the Diploma of Techni-cian Engineer form the Higher Technical Institute (HTI), Nicosia,
Cyprus, in Electrical Engineering in July, 199 3, and a B Eng(Hons)in Electronics and Communication Engineering (First Class) from
the University of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in June,1998. From 1998-2001, he was a research assistant, working
towards a Ph D degree at the same university, in the area of broad-
hand wireless communications. He currently is a Research Scien-tist in the Department of Physics, University of Cyprus, Cyprus.
His research interests include modeling, measurements, and char-
acterization of indoor and outdoor fixed and mobile wireless com-
munications systems, mitigation techniques for multipath cancel-
lation, and high-speed network s. %
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