Title :
System-level simulator of radio communication in the EHF band
Author :
Golovins, E. ; Sinha, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Abstract :
Design of the radio systems operating in the 60 GHz band raises a number of questions regarding the frequency-domain performance of transceiver subsystems. This work, combining the baseband and RF parts of the architecture, shows that a system-level simulation model allows identifying bottlenecks in the integrated functioning of various subsystems. Comparative error rate analysis highlights the propagation channel effect domination in performance limiting.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave propagation; radio transceivers; radiocommunication; EHF band; comparative error rate analysis; frequency 60 GHz; frequency-domain performance; propagation channel effect domination; radio communication; radio systems design; system-level simulation model; system-level simulator; transceiver subsystems; Atmospheric modeling; Attenuation; Bit error rate; Mixers; Noise measurement; Radio frequency; Receivers; BiCMOS; MIMICs; Millimetre wave communication; low-noise amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference (CAS), 2012 International
Conference_Location :
Sinaia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0737-6
DOI :
10.1109/SMICND.2012.6400649
