scholarly journals Proof-of-Concept of a Millimeter-Wave Integrated Heterogeneous Network for 5G Cellular

Sensors ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 1362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shozo Okasaka ◽  
Richard Weiler ◽  
Wilhelm Keusgen ◽  
Andrey Pudeyev ◽  
Alexander Maltsev ◽  
...  
Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanlin Yang

Aiming at the problem that the optical link may be too expensive or even impossible to achieve in a large number of locations in the central part of the backhaul line, the proof-of-concept (PoC) verification of a millimeter-wave integrated heterogeneous network (HetNet) is proposed. HetNet includes a traditional macrocell network and a new small unit that uses a millimeter wave for backhaul line and link access. The concept of a segmentation control plane and user plane was introduced. In the HetNet integrated millimeter wave, the control plane and the user plane were segmented to support the uninterrupted connection and enhance the capacity of the millimeter wave small base station. Millimeter wave communication could be used not only for access links, but also for wireless backhaul links, which will facilitate the installation of small millimeter wave cells. Through conceptual verification (PoC), the feasibility of millimeter-wave integrated HetNet prototype with millimeter wave technology used for return lines and link access is proved.


2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 547-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Burdin ◽  
Florence Podevin ◽  
Philippe Ferrari

A new flexible and miniaturized power divider (PD), based on the Wilkinson PD topology, is carried out in this paper. Flexibility and size reduction are achieved simultaneously thanks to both an open-stub loading the input port and additional transmission lines (TLines) connecting the output ports to the isolation resistance. Design equations and rules are given. As a proof-of-concept, two PDs working at 2.45 GHz were fabricated and measured. Then, on the basis of the previous developments, a 1:4 power-dividing feeding network was realized. It highlights the high performance and flexibility of the proposed PD. Agreement between simulation and measurement results is very good, for PDs as well as for the feeding network, thus validating the proposed approach. This concept is straightforward to be applied at higher frequencies, in particular in the millimeter-wave range on CMOS technologies, where flexibility in the choice of the TLines characteristic impedances and size reduction are mandatory.


IEEE Access ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 5640-5648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solmaz Niknam ◽  
Ali Arshad Nasir ◽  
Hani Mehrpouyan ◽  
Balasubramaniam Natarajan

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 4824
Author(s):  
Bilal Hammu-Mohamed ◽  
Ángel Palomares-Caballero ◽  
Cleofás Segura-Gómez ◽  
Francisco G. Ruiz ◽  
Pablo Padilla

This paper presents a cavity-backed antenna array in substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology in the millimeter-wave frequency band. The proposed antenna design uses double slots as radiating elements instead of conventional single slots. The double slots allow better control in the design of the operating frequency bands of the cavity-backed antenna. The performance of the cavity-backed antennas with single and double slots is compared to assess the enhanced behavior of the double slots. As a proof of concept, a 2 × 2 array of cavity-backed antennas is designed, manufactured, and measured. Each cavity-backed antenna contains 2 × 2 double slots; thus, a 4 × 4 antenna array is considered. The experimental operating frequency band of the proposed antenna array ranges from 35.4 to 37 GHz. There is a good agreement between the simulated and measured results. The measured gain is around 17 dBi in the whole operating frequency band with a 75% total antenna efficiency.


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