Innovative mmWave transmissions schemes channel models and antennas

Abstract

The next generation (5G) of wireless communication will improve upon existing mobile communication standards significantly while taking into account the increasing amount of stress on the limited amount of available spectrum today. The millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum provides abundant and contiguous resources to solve this issue. The work package 2 (WP2) of the 5G-wireless project is devoted to the modelling of mmWave propagation channels and development of appropriate mmWave beamforming and signal processing techniques. The deliverable D2.1 paved the way to better understand the state-of-the-art existing in mmWave channel measurements, characterization, modelling, antenna technologies, channel estimation, precoding algorithms and review of the evaluation and analysis tools. In this deliverable D2.2, advances to the state-of-the-art are made by proposing new methodologies in propagation channel characterization modelling, new antenna designs and innovative energy efficient architectures