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Open-access millimeter-wave software-defined radios in the PAWR COSMOS testbed: : Design, deployment, and experimentation

Authors:

Prasanthi Maddala,

Panagiotis Skrimponis,

Jakub Kolodziejski,

Abhishek Adhikari,

Arun Paidimarri,

Alberto Valdes-Garcia,

Sundeep Rangan,

Ivan SeskarAuthors Info & Claims

Volume 234, Issue C

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2023.109922

Published: 01 October 2023 Publication History

Abstract

While millimeter-wave (mmWave) wireless has recently gained tremendous attention with the transition to 5G, developing a broadly accessible experimental infrastructure will largely facilitate the research and allow the community to make significant progress in this area. In this paper, we present the design and implementation of various programmable and open-access mmWave software-defined radios (SDRs) that have been deployed in the PAWR COSMOS advanced wireless testbed, in both indoor and outdoor environments. These programmable mmWave radios are based on the IBM 28 GHz 64-element dual-polarized phased array antenna module (PAAM) subsystem board and the Sivers IMA 60 GHz WiGig transceiver. These front ends are integrated with USRP SDRs or Xilinx RFSoC boards, which provide baseband signal processing capabilities. Moreover, we present measurements of the TX/RX beamforming performance and example experiments (e.g., real-time channel sounding and RFNoC-based 802.11ad preamble detection), using the mmWave radios. Finally, we discuss ongoing enhancement and development efforts focusing on these radios.

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Gao ZQi ZChen TGanesan DShi W(2024)Mambas: Maneuvering Analog Multi-User Beamforming using an Array of Subarrays in mmWave NetworksProceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking10.1145/3636534.3649390(694-708)Online publication date: 29-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3636534.3649390

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Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking Volume 234, Issue C

Oct 2023

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Gao ZQi ZChen TGanesan DShi W(2024)Mambas: Maneuvering Analog Multi-User Beamforming using an Array of Subarrays in mmWave NetworksProceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking10.1145/3636534.3649390(694-708)Online publication date: 29-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3636534.3649390

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