TY - JOUR
T1 - IEEE 802.11ay
T2 - Next-Generation 60 GHz Communication for 100 Gb/s Wi-Fi
AU - Ghasempour, Yasaman
AU - Da Silva, Claudio R.C.M.
AU - Cordeiro, Carlos
AU - Knightly, Edward W.
N1 - Funding Information:
Professor and Department Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of Californiaat Berkeley, and his B.S. from AuburnUniversity. He is an IEEE Fellow, a Sloan Fellow, and a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, and he has received best paper awards from ACM MobiCom, ACM MobiHoc, and IEEE SECON. His research interests are in experimental wireless networking, urban-scale testbeds, 60 GHz, THz, and VLC bands, wireless security, and performance evaluation.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - The IEEE 802.11ad amendment to the 802.11 standard ratified in 2012 created the first multi- Gb/s Wi-Fi technology by using the large swath of unlicensed spectrum at the mm-Wave band. While enabling multi-Gb/s wireless local communications was a significant achievement, throughput and reliability requirements of new applications, such as augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) and wireless backhauling, exceed what 802.11ad can offer. For this reason, building upon IEEE 802.11ad, the IEEE 802.11 Task Group ay has recently defined new PHY and MAC specifications that enable 100 Gb/s communications through a number of technical advancements. In this article, we identify and describe the main design elements of IEEE 802.11ay, including MIMO, channel bonding, improved channel access, and enhanced beamforming training. For each of these elements, we discuss how their design is impacted by mm-Wave radio propagation characteristics and present enabling mechanisms defined in IEEE 802.11ay.
AB - The IEEE 802.11ad amendment to the 802.11 standard ratified in 2012 created the first multi- Gb/s Wi-Fi technology by using the large swath of unlicensed spectrum at the mm-Wave band. While enabling multi-Gb/s wireless local communications was a significant achievement, throughput and reliability requirements of new applications, such as augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) and wireless backhauling, exceed what 802.11ad can offer. For this reason, building upon IEEE 802.11ad, the IEEE 802.11 Task Group ay has recently defined new PHY and MAC specifications that enable 100 Gb/s communications through a number of technical advancements. In this article, we identify and describe the main design elements of IEEE 802.11ay, including MIMO, channel bonding, improved channel access, and enhanced beamforming training. For each of these elements, we discuss how their design is impacted by mm-Wave radio propagation characteristics and present enabling mechanisms defined in IEEE 802.11ay.
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U2 - 10.1109/MCOM.2017.1700393
DO - 10.1109/MCOM.2017.1700393
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85040126250
SN - 0163-6804
VL - 55
SP - 186
EP - 192
JO - IEEE Communications Society Magazine
JF - IEEE Communications Society Magazine
IS - 12
M1 - 8088544
ER -