Abstract
A full proof of concept for low-cost millimeter wave (MMW) communication link is demonstrated in this study. The suggestedMMWchannel is based on a very inexpensive commercially available off-axis dish antenna usually used for TV satellites, two Arduino Uno micro controller boards, and glow discharge detectors (GDD). The GDD is a robust and inexpensive room-temperature plasma device which was found to be a sensitive MMW radiation detector. The Arduino micro controllers are used to encode a text message into serial bits and also decode it. Those serial bits were used to modulate the MMW radiation in On-Off keying. The detection of MMW radiation was performed using a simple and inexpensive GDD. The suggested MMW channel can be used as point to point backhaul wireless communication for the 5th generation of cellular communication.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 677 |
Journal | Electronics (Switzerland) |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2020 |
Keywords
- Millimeter wave (MMW) communication
- Plasma detectors
- Quasi-optical design