The Role of Millimeter-Wave Technologies in 5G/6G Wireless Communications

Wei Hong; Zhi Hao Jiang; Chao Yu; Debin Hou; Haiming Wang; Chong Guo; Yun Hu; Le Kuai; Yingrui Yu; Zhengbo Jiang; Zhe Chen; Jixin Chen; Zhiqiang Yu; Jianfeng Zhai; Nianzu Zhang; Ling Tian; Fan Wu; Guangqi Yang; Zhang-Cheng Hao; Jian Yi Zhou

doi:10.1109/JMW.2020.3035541

IEEE Journal of Microwaves (Jan 2021)

The Role of Millimeter-Wave Technologies in 5G/6G Wireless Communications

Wei Hong,
Zhi Hao Jiang,
Chao Yu,
Debin Hou,
Haiming Wang,
Chong Guo,
Yun Hu,
Le Kuai,
Yingrui Yu,
Zhengbo Jiang,
Zhe Chen,
Jixin Chen,
Zhiqiang Yu,
Jianfeng Zhai,
Nianzu Zhang,
Ling Tian,
Fan Wu,
Guangqi Yang,
Zhang-Cheng Hao,
Jian Yi Zhou

Affiliations

Wei Hong: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Zhi Hao Jiang: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Chao Yu: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Debin Hou: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Haiming Wang: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Chong Guo: State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Yun Hu: Purple Mountain Laboratories, Nanjing, China
Le Kuai: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Yingrui Yu: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Zhengbo Jiang: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Zhe Chen: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Jixin Chen: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Zhiqiang Yu: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Jianfeng Zhai: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Nianzu Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Ling Tian: State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Fan Wu: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Guangqi Yang: State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Zhang-Cheng Hao: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Jian Yi Zhou: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Millimeter-Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JMW.2020.3035541
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 101 – 122

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Ever since the deployment of the first-generation of mobile telecommunications, wireless communication technology has evolved at a dramatically fast pace over the past four decades. The upcoming fifth-generation (5G) holds a great promise in providing an ultra-fast data rate, a very low latency, and a significantly improved spectral efficiency by exploiting the millimeter-wave spectrum for the first time in mobile communication infrastructures. In the years beyond 2030, newly emerged data-hungry applications and the greatly expanded wireless network will call for the sixth-generation (6G) communication that represents a significant upgrade from the 5G network - covering almost the entire surface of the earth and the near outer space. In both the 5G and future 6G networks, millimeter-wave technologies will play an important role in accomplishing the envisioned network performance and communication tasks. In this paper, the relevant millimeter-wave enabling technologies are reviewed: they include the recent developments on the system architectures of active beamforming arrays, beamforming integrated circuits, antennas for base stations and user terminals, system measurement and calibration, and channel characterization. The requirements of each part for future 6G communications are also briefly discussed.

Published in IEEE Journal of Microwaves

ISSN: 2692-8388 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Telecommunication; Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Electric apparatus and materials. Electric circuits. Electric networks
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