Abstract

The global bandwidth shortage facing wireless carriers has motivated the exploration of the underutilized millimeter wave (mm-wave) frequency spectrum for future broadband cellular communication networks. There is, however, little knowledge about cellular mm-wave propagation in densely populated indoor and outdoor environments. Obtaining this information is vital for the design and operation of future fifth generation cellular networks that use the mm-wave spectrum. In this paper, we present the motivation for new mm-wave cellular systems, methodology, and hardware for measurements and offer a variety of measurement results that show 28 and 38 GHz frequencies can be used when employing steerable directional antennas at base stations and mobile devices.

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Extremely high frequencyBroadbandComputer scienceCellular networkBandwidth (computing)Cellular communicationBase stationWirelessEconomic shortageMobile telephonyMobile broadbandElectronic engineeringTelecommunicationsBroadband networksCellular radioMobile radioEngineering

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Year
2013
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article
Volume
1
Pages
335-349
Citations
7200
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Theodore S. Rappaport, Shu Sun, Rimma Mayzus et al. (2013). Millimeter Wave Mobile Communications for 5G Cellular: It Will Work!. IEEE Access , 1 , 335-349. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2013.2260813

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10.1109/access.2013.2260813