Multigigabit Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communications.

Multi-Gigabit Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communications -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 The High Data Rate Wireless Environment -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Electromagnetic Spectrum -- 1.2.1 Management of the Radio Frequency Spectrum -- 1.2.2 Radio Frequency Plans -- 1.3 Spectrum for High Data Rate Wireless Transmission -- 1.4 High Data Rate Wireless Technologies -- 1.4.1 Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Technologies -- 1.4.2 Free-Space Optics -- 1.4.3 WiFi, WiMAX, and LTE -- 1.5 Summary -- References -- Chapter 2 High-Frequency Wireless Propagation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Electromagnetic Propagation -- 2.3 Free-Space Loss -- 2.4 Attenuation Due to Atmospheric Gases -- 2.4.1 Regional Variations -- 2.4.2 Altitude Variations -- 2.5 Attenuation Due to Rain -- 2.6 Attenuation Due to Other Airborne Particles -- 2.6.1 Fog and Clouds -- 2.6.2 Snow and Ice -- 2.6.3 Sand, Dust, and Other Small Particles -- 2.7 Attenuation Due to Blockage of the Transmission Path -- 2.7.1 Foliage Losses -- 2.7.2 Diffraction Losses and Fresnel Zones -- 2.8 Summary -- References -- Chapter 3 High Data Rate Wireless Systems -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 High Data Rate Wireless System Architectures -- 3.2.1 Indoor and Outdoor Architectures -- 3.2.2 Diplexing Architectures -- 3.3 High Data Rate Line Protocols -- 3.3.1 PDH -- 3.3.2 SDH/SONET -- 3.3.3 Ethernet -- 3.3.4 Other High Data Rate Line Protocols -- 3.4 High Data Rate Wireless Building Blocks -- 3.4.1 Power Supply -- 3.4.2 Data Interface/Multiplexer -- 3.4.3 Modulator -- 3.4.4 Demodulator -- 3.4.5 Transmitter -- 3.4.6 Receiver -- 3.4.7 Combiner -- 3.4.8 Antenna -- 3.5 Summary -- Reference -- Chapter 4 Multi-Gigabit Microwave Radios -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Characteristics of the Microwave Bands -- 4.2.1 Frequency Bands and Channel Sizes -- 4.2.2 Rules and Regulations -- 4.2.3 Licensing.

4.2.4 System Characteristics -- 4.3 Market Applications -- 4.3.1 Mobile Backhaul -- 4.3.2 Enterprise Connectivity -- 4.4 Methods for Achieving Gigabit Per Second Data Rates -- 4.4.1 Single Channel Transmission -- 4.4.2 Adjacent Channel Transmission -- 4.4.3 Dual-Polarization Transmission -- 4.4.4 Dual Channel Dual Polarization -- 4.4.5 Data Compression -- 4.4.6 MIMO -- 4.5 The Future? -- 4.5.1 Higher-Order Modulations -- 4.5.2 Channel Bonding -- 4.5.3 Higher Frequency Bands -- 4.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 5 Multi-Gigabit 60-GHz Millimeter-Wave Radios -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Characteristics of the 60-GHz Band -- 5.2.1 Frequency Bands and Channel Sizes -- 5.2.2 Rules and Regulations -- 5.2.3 Propagation Impediments -- 5.3 60-GHz Market Applications -- 5.3.1 Point-to-Point Outdoor Connections -- 5.3.2 WLAN Connections -- 5.4 60-GHz WLAN Standards -- 5.4.1 WirelessHD -- 5.4.2 IEEE 802.15.3c -- 5.4.3 ECMA-387/ISO/IEC 13156 -- 5.4.4 IEEE 802.11ad -- 5.4.5 WiGig -- 5.4.6 Summary -- 5.5 Technology Choices for High Data Rate 60-GHz Devices -- 5.6 High Data Rate 60-GHz Systems -- 5.6.1 Outdoor Point to Point -- 5.6.2 WirelessHD -- 5.6.3 Wireless LAN/PAN -- 5.7 The Future? -- 5.7.1 Frequency, Channel, and Specification Harmonization -- 5.7.2 Consolidation of 60-GHz WLAN/WPAN Standards -- 5.8 Summary -- References -- Chapter 6 Multi-Gigabit 70/80-GHz and Higher Millimeter-Wave Radios -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Characteristics of the 70/80-GHz Bands -- 6.2.1 Frequency Bands and Channel Sizes -- 6.2.2 Rules and Regulations -- 6.2.3 Comparison of FCC and ETSI Rules -- 6.2.4 Licensing -- 6.2.5 System Characteristics -- 6.3 70/80-GHz Market Applications -- 6.3.1 Cellular and WiMAX Backhaul -- 6.3.2 Remote Radio Heads/Distributed Antenna Systems -- 6.3.3 Enterprise Connections -- 6.3.4 Fiber Extensions/Backup -- 6.3.5 Other Applications.

6.4 High Data Rate 70/80-GHz Radio Equipment -- 6.4.1 Commercial Equipment -- 6.4.2 System Architectures and Performance Tradeoffs -- 6.5 90-GHz and Higher Bands -- 6.6 The Future? -- 6.6.1 Increased Performance and Link Distance -- 6.6.2 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps Systems -- 6.7 Summary -- References -- Chapter 7 High Data Rate Wireless Link Design -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Link Budget and Fade Margin -- 7.2.1 Example Link Budget -- 7.2.2 Fade Margin Versus Link Distance -- 7.3 Link Availability and Distance -- 7.3.1 Availability -- 7.3.2 Rain Statistics -- 7.3.3 Rain Attenuation -- 7.3.4 Rain Cells -- 7.3.5 Example High Capacity Link Availabilities and Distances -- 7.4 Improving High Capacity Link Availability and Distance -- 7.4.1 Automatic Transmit Power Control -- 7.4.2 Adaptive Coding and Modulation -- 7.4.3 Adaptive Rate -- 7.4.4 Ring and Mesh Topologies -- 7.5 Summary -- References -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- About the Author -- Index.