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60-GHz Millimeter-Wave Radio: Principle, Technology, and New Results

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The worldwide opening of a massive amount of unlicensed spectra around 60 GHz has triggered great interest in developing affordable 60-GHz radios. This interest has been catalyzed by recent advance of 60-GHz front-end technologies. This paper briefly reports recent work in the 60-GHz radio. Aspects addressed in this paper include global regulatory and standardization, justification of using the 60-GHz bands, 60-GHz consumer electronics applications, radio system concept, 60-GHz propagation and antennas, and key issues in system design. Some new simulation results are also given. Potentials and problems are explained in detail.

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Guo, N., Qiu, R.C., Mo, S.S. et al. 60-GHz Millimeter-Wave Radio: Principle, Technology, and New Results. J Wireless Com Network 2007, 068253 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/68253

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