4th Generation Wireless Infrastructures: Scenarios and Research ChallengesShow others and affiliations
2001 (English)In: IEEE personal communications, ISSN 1070-9916, E-ISSN 1558-0652, Vol. 8, no 6, p. 25-31Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
A "fourth generation" of wireless systems, likely to appear after the successful deployment of the current third-generation systems, is frequently debated these days. This article presents some of the results of the Fourth Generation Wireless project (4GW) of the Personal Computing and Communications program (PCC), the major Swedish academic research effort on future communications systems, launched in late 1997. In the 4GW project, scenarios have been used as tools for formulating relevant research topics related to future wireless systems. By working with scenarios the project group has been able to challenge some of the assumptions commonly made in the field of wireless research. Since the project group is multidisciplinary, the work has also helped the members of the project group to understand the differences between the research traditions to which they belong. The scenarios, as well as the ensuing research into various wireless related topics, point to a vision of fourth-generation systems where "low-hierarchy" user-deployed infrastructures are the prime candidate. Fourth-generation systems will offer short- to moderate-range communications with very high data rates (>100 Mb/s). They are likely to employ array signal processing and ad hoc operation to provide the required coverage. A key aspect of their design will be the fact that they will be deployed in environments where large-scale wireless, and wired, infrastructures are already in operation.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IEEE , 2001. Vol. 8, no 6, p. 25-31
Keywords [en]
Antenna arrays, Broadband networks, Channel capacity, Local area networks, Network protocols, Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, Personal communication systems, Quality of service, Radio links, Radio transmission, Security of data, Signal processing, Fourth generation wireless project, Personal computing and communications program
National Category
Computer and Information Sciences
Research subject
SRA - ICT
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-28562DOI: 10.1109/98.972165ISI: 000172750200005Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-0035693417OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-28562DiVA, id: diva2:387995
Note
QC 20110117
2011-01-162011-01-162022-06-25Bibliographically approved