Title :
An overview of wireless broadband communications
Author :
Correia, Lois M. ; Prasad, Ramjee
Author_Institution :
Inst. Superior Tecnico, Tech. Univ. Lisbon, Portugal
fDate :
1/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A brief overview of wireless broadband communication systems, those providing a data rate higher than 2 Mb/s and up to 155 Mb/s, is done by addressing some of the applications and services that are foreseen, as well as some of the technical challenges that need to be solved, and by referring to some safety considerations. After an introduction, the need for high data rates is justified, and possible applications are listed and compared, concerning user mobility and bandwidth. Then an analysis of the propagation aspects at the bands foreseen for these systems-microwaves, millimeter waves and infrared-is presented, also addressing the issue of the antennas and batteries for these systems
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; antennas; broadband networks; cells (electric); light propagation; microwave propagation; millimetre wave propagation; optical communication; safety; wireless LAN; 2 to 155 Mbit/s; WLAN; antennas; bandwidth; batteries; high data rates; infrared wave propagation; microwave propagation; millimeter wave propagation; radiation pattern; safety considerations; system performance; user mobility; wireless applications; wireless broadband communication systems; wireless services; Application software; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Bandwidth; Broadband communication; GSM; HDTV; Telecommunication computing; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
