Fundamental limitations on increasing data rate in wireless systems

Author

Cox, Donald C.

Author_Institution

Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA

Volume

46

Issue

12

fYear

2008

fDate

12/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

17

Abstract

There is a continuing quest for increasing the data transmission rate in wireless systems. Cellular mobile radio systems have advanced from second generation digital technology with limited data capability to third generation systems with data transmission rates on the order of a few megabits per second and on to fourth generation systems with goals of even higher data rates. Wireless local area networks (WLANs) based on various versions of IEEE 802.11 standards and known collectively as WiFi, have evolved from having data transmission rates of several megabits per second to hundreds of megabits per second.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; 4G mobile communication; cellular radio; data communication; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 standards; Wi-Fi certification; cellular mobile radio systems; data transmission rate; fourth generation systems; second generation digital technology; third generation systems; wireless local area networks; wireless systems; Amplitude modulation; Bandwidth; Data communication; Frequency; Land mobile radio; MIMO; Modulation coding; Receiving antennas; Signal processing; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2008.4689199

Filename

4689199