Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: We present experiments using mobile 28 GHz Phased Array Antenna Modules (PAAMs), demonstrating their ability to perform beam steering with high granularity. The mobile node contains a 64-element IBM 28 GHz PAAM along with a USRP software defined radio, allowing for configuration of the transmit/receive (TX/RX) parameters. These parameters include beam shape, beam steering, and duty cycling. We demonstrate the capabilities of the mobile PAAMs by forming a wireless OFDM link between two mobile PAAMs. We then showcase the beam steering capabilities of the PAAM by performing beam sweeping on the RX PAAM to find the angle of arrival from the TX PAAM. A simple graphical user interface is presented for configuring the PAAMs. A tutorial is available online for users interested in experimentation with 28 GHz PAAMs*.
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: National Science Foundation
Awards: NSF Engineering Research Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3), Collaborative Research: SII-NRDZ:Spectrum Sharing via Consumption Models and Telemetry - Prototyping and Field Testing in an Urban FCC Innovation Zone, Collaborative Research: SII-NRDZ:Spectrum Sharing via Consumption Models and Telemetry - Prototyping and Field Testing in an Urban FCC Innovation Zone, PAWR Platform COSMOS: Cloud Enhanced Open Software Defined Mobile Wireless Testbed for City-Scale Deployment, Collaborative Research: SWIFT: SHIELD: A Software-Hardware Approach for Spectrum Coexistence with Rapid Interferer Learning, Detection, and Mitigation, Collaborative Research: CNS Core: Medium: Softwarizing Millimeter-wave Radio Access Networks (RANs) at the Edge, Collaborative Research: SII-NRDZ:Spectrum Sharing via Consumption Models and Telemetry - Prototyping and Field Testing in an Urban FCC Innovation Zone
OpenAlex ID: W4405013820