Simulation and Automatic Planning of 300 GHz Backhaul Links

Abstract

The IEEE Standard 802.15.3d defines a communication systems allowing wireless solutions for backhaul links operating at 300 GHz with data rates of 100 Gbit/s and beyond. The European Horizon 2020 ThoR project works towards the demonstration of such a solution. One of the goals of ThoR is to develop algorithms for automatic planning of 300 GHz backhaul links and the derivation of planning guidelines. In this paper, an automatic algorithm for the planning of 300 GHz backhaul links using 3D ray tracing taking into account atmospheric effects is presented. The influence of both the applied antennas and the weather conditions are evaluated for an automatically planned network by using a realistic scenario of an ultra-dense network in the city of Hannover.

Towards Propagation and Channel Models for the Simulation and Planning of 300 GHz Backhaul/Fronthaul Links

“…Similar results have been achieved for antenna gains with 40 dBi at both ends of the link. In this case the CDFs are shifted by approximately 20 dB towards lower SINR, which means that the influence of interference between different links has been well mitigate by the automatic algorithm described in [6]. Figure 8.…”

“…The signal-to-noise and interference ration (SINR) has been derived for an automatically planned 300-GHz backhaul network in the city of Hanover as described in [6]. .…”

“…Figure 8. SINR distribution for different wheather conditions for Hanover network described in [6] 5…”

“…The Horizon 2020 EU-Japan ThoR (Terahertz endto-end wireless systems supporting ultra-high data Rate applications) project [5] is working on the hardware demonstration of this application. ThoR is also dealing with the fundamental algorithms and methods for the simulation and planning of such links [6]. The basis for these methods and algorithms are propagation and channel models.…”

Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Fixed Wireless Link Budget Evaluation for Extreme Weather Conditions

“…802.15.3d-2017 [12], which targets the application of THz waves for point-to-point wireless communications. One of the scenarios envisioned in this standard and the 6G standard use wireless backhaul links where the conventional cablebased communication channels between base stations and the core network are substituted by wireless links in the THz band [13][14][15][16]. Nevertheless, the high attenuation and loss of the THz links make long-distance transmission difficult.…”