A 2.5 gigabit 23-mile radio link for LuckyNet

Author

Gans, M.J. ; Chu, T.S. ; Wolniansky, P.W. ; Carloni, M.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

2-5 Dec 1991

Firstpage

1065

Abstract

The factors which affect the choice of the LuckyNet radio link design, involving data rates on the order of 2.5 Gb/s, are discussed. The specific design of the 2.5-Gb/s radio link for the 23-mile path between the Murray Hill and Crawford Hill locations of AT&T Bell Laboratories is described, along with preliminary performance results. The propagation factors which have the dominant effect on link availability are fading due to rain, water vapor, and multipath. Less than 10^-11 bit error rate (BER) is achieved with an estimated availability of about 95%/yr. The link provides 2.5 b/s/Hz of bandwidth by using dual polarization and QPSK modulation

Keywords

digital radio systems; error statistics; fading; microwave links; phase shift keying; wide area networks; 1 GHz; 19 GHz; 2.5 Gbit/s; 22 GHz; 23 miles; AT&T Bell Laboratories; BER; Crawford Hill; LuckyNet radio link; Murray Hill; New Jersey; QPSK modulation; SHF; WAN; bit error rate; data rates; dual polarization; fading; link availability; multipath; propagation factors; rain; water vapor; Availability; Bandwidth; Directive antennas; Frequency; Optical reflection; Polarization; Quadrature phase shift keying; Radio link; Rain; Reflector antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1991. GLOBECOM '91. 'Countdown to the New Millennium. Featuring a Mini-Theme on: Personal Communications Services

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-87942-697-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1991.188540

Filename

188540