Abstract

A full proof of concept for low-cost millimeter wave (MMW) communication link is demonstrated in this study. The suggested MMW channel is based on a very inexpensive commercially available off-axis dish antenna usually used for TV satellites, two Arduino Uno micro controller boards, and glow discharge detectors (GDD). The GDD is a robust and inexpensive room-temperature plasma device which was found to be a sensitive MMW radiation detector. The Arduino micro controllers are used to encode a text message into serial bits and also decode it. Those serial bits were used to modulate the MMW radiation in On-Off keying. The detection of MMW radiation was performed using a simple and inexpensive GDD. The suggested MMW channel can be used as point to point backhaul wireless communication for the 5th generation of cellular communication.

Highlights

  • In order to satisfy the demand for huge data rates, the carrier frequency must be increased to the X band, K band, and/or millimeter-wave (MMW) (30–300 GHz) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum [1,2]

  • In this study we present a very inexpensive MMW wireless point to point (PTP) communication

  • In this study we present a very inexpensive MMW wireless point to point (PTP) communication channel concept

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Summary

Introduction

In order to satisfy the demand for huge data rates, the carrier frequency must be increased to the X band, K band, and/or millimeter-wave (MMW) (30–300 GHz) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum [1,2]. Further were performed bymode adjusting the The position ofan total power is transmitted to free spacealignments in the fundamental initial the position of quasi-optical dishes and the GDD in order to receive a stronger MMW signal. Further alignments were performed by adjusting the position of quasi-optical dishes and the GDD in order to receive a stronger MMW signal. For larger distance communication the MMW source needs to be relocated slightly further from the focal point of the dish antenna, in order to obtain greater spot size at the transmitting dish and a smaller spot size at the receiving dish. In the set-up of Figure 1, the emitted MMW radiation was collimated using a dish antenna and directed to the second dish antenna that focused the beam on the effective detection area of the GDD. Better results can be achieved with dishes that have larger diameters, which increase the power collected by the receiving dish

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