Safe for generations to come: Considerations of safety for millimeter waves in wireless communications

Ting Wu; Theodore S. Rappaport; Christopher M. Collins

doi:10.1109/MMM.2014.2377587

Safe for generations to come: Considerations of safety for millimeter waves in wireless communications

Ting Wu, Theodore S. Rappaport, Christopher M. Collins

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With the increasing demand for higher data rates and more reliable service capabilities for wireless devices, wireless service providers are facing an unprecedented challenge to overcome a global bandwidth shortage. Early global activities on beyond fourth-generation (B4G) and fifth-generation (5G) wireless communication systems suggest that millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequencies are very promising for future wireless communication networks due to the massive amount of raw bandwidth and potential multigigabit-per-second (Gb/s) data rates [1]?[3]. Both industry and academia have begun the exploration of the untapped mmWave frequency spectrum for future broadband mobile communication networks. In April 2014, the Brooklyn 5G Summit [4], sponsored by Nokia and the New York University (NYU) WIRELESS research center, drew global attention to mmWave communications and channel modeling. In July 2014, the IEEE 802.11 next-generation 60-GHz study group was formed to increase the data rates to over 20 Gb/s in the unlicensed 60-GHz frequency band while maintaining backward compatibility with the emerging IEEE 802.11ad wireless local area network (WLAN) standard [5].

Original language	English (US)
Article number	7032050
Pages (from-to)	65-84
Number of pages	20
Journal	IEEE Microwave Magazine
Volume	16
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MMM.2014.2377587
State	Published - Mar 1 2015

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Radiation
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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