Notes

mmWave Hardware in 2016

Daniel Weibel
Created 1 Apr 2016
Last updated 14 Jul 2016

This is an overview of the available millimetre wave (mmWave) hardware from the point of view of mid-2016.

The focus is on 802.11 ad, which is the new WiFi standard in the mmWave spectrum. Note that 802.11 ad is also known as “WiGig”.

802.11 ad

Chipsets/Cards

Consumer Products

Cellular Radio Access

  • NYU WIRELESS + SiBEAM + NI
    • Public open-source programmable 60 GHz millimetre wave test platform
    • For rapid design, prototyping, and validation of 5G millimetre wave technologies
    • Electrically steerable phased array antenna for beam steering (no mechanically moving parts)
    • Built by NYU WIRELESS, radio frontend by SiBEAM, baseband processing by NI
    • Announcement of start of development on 19 January 2016

Small-Cell Backhaul (non exhaustive)

Chipsets

Complete Systems

WirelessHD (non exhaustive)

Radar (non exhaustive)

  • Infineon
  • NXP
    • MR2001 (77 GHz automotive radar chip)