Antenna misalignment effects in 100 Gbit/s D‐band wireless transmissions. Issue 6 (30th March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Puerta, R.; Yu, Jianjun; Li, Xinying; Xu, Yuming; Vegas Olmos, J.J.; Tafur Monroy, I.
• Is Part Of: Microwave and optical technology letters. Volume 59:Issue 6(2017:Jun.)
• Page Start: 1431
• Page End: 1434
• Publication Date: 2017-03-30
• Subjects: carrierless amplitude phase (CAP) modulation -- optical communications -- radio frequency photonics; Microwaves -- Periodicals; Optics -- Periodicals; 621
• DOI: 10.1002/mop.30556
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0895-2477

Abstract

ABSTRACT: We report an operational photonics‐enabled 100 Gbit/s D‐band antenna polarization multiplexing system (2 × 2 MIMO) with a carrier frequency of 141 GHz, and experimentally explores antenna misalignment effects on the signal performance in terms of bit error rate. Misalignments from −10 to 10 degrees were evaluated for both the E ‐ and H ‐plane, highlighting the strict requirements needed to maintain a signal performance below forward‐error correction codes thresholds. Our findings indicate tolerable misalignments are below 1 degree, hinting beam steering as a must for future D‐band communication links. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 59:1431–1434, 2017