Design Tradeoffs in 60 GHz Based Wireless Communication - A Vision of the Future

Abstract

Wireless communication has witnessed tremendous growth in the recent past due to its advantages such as mobility and ease of use. Wireless devices are used in everyday life for communication, entertainment, remote learning, healthcare, business etc. For most of these applications, radio spectrum below 5GHz is already allocated. Its becoming increasingly challenging to cater to the growing needs of the future networks. Therefore, it is inevitable to explore the millimeter band of the radio spectrum for the future generation wireless systems. This requires us to develop new modulation schemes and circuit design, simulation and implementation techniques for future networks. In this paper, we present various challenges and possible solutions in 60 GHz millimeter wave communication. The future network need not only be fast, but also be green. Scientists and standardization forums all over the world have come up with several techniques to meet these requirements. But, the miniaturization of the device and reduction of interference between adjacent circuit elements still remain a major concern. The only possible solution is for future generation networks to be backward compatible with the existing infrastructure. High data rate, low energy consuming and green systems are the need of future generation networks.