STTR Phase II: Optical Fiber Distributed 60 GHz Wireless Personal Area Network

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(Public Law 111-5)资助的。这项小型企业技术转让(STTR)第二阶段研究项目将为实现经济高效的光纤分布式60千兆赫(GHz)无线个人区域网(WPAN)创造新技术。60 GHz频段的无线通信因其可提供的巨大带宽而引起了全世界的极大兴趣。60 GHz WPAN与光纤信号分配方案的集成将使所需的高数据速率信号能够高效且经济高效地传输到大量无线接入点，确保优化的无线覆盖。将开发一种高性价比的光纤分布式60 GHz WPAN无线接入点原型，并演示多吉比特/秒(GB/S)双向数据传输。消费者将直接受益于光纤分布式60 GHz WPAN，提供新的通信服务，并提高接入史无前例的多Gb/S数据速率无缆连接的价格。这项研究的更广泛影响是通过部署具有更高灵活性和可扩展性的新的集成有线和无线基础设施来推进高数据速率通信系统。由于60 GHz无线网络物理层的固有安全性，该项目中创建的技术还将极大地增强无线网络上的数据安全性。短程60 GHz无线网络的安全增强将直接惠及执法机构、国土安全部、金融机构和医疗机构等组织，对这些组织来说，数据的安全传输对于确保个人的保护至关重要。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II research project will create novel technologies for the realization of a cost-effective, optical fiber distributed 60 Gigahertz (GHz) wireless personal area network (WPAN). The 60 GHz frequency region for wireless communications is attracting much interest worldwide because of the huge bandwidth it can provide. The integration of a 60 GHz WPAN with a fiber-optic signal distribution scheme will enable the required high data rate signals to be efficiently and cost-effectively delivered to a large number of radio access points ensuring optimized radio coverage. A cost-effective prototype wireless access point for a fiber distributed 60 GHz WPAN will be developed and multi-gigabit-per-second (Gb/s) bi-directional data transmission demonstrated. Consumers will directly benefit from the fiber distributed 60 GHz WPAN through the provision of new communication services and the increased affordability in gaining access to unprecedented multi-Gb/s data rate tetherless connectivity. The broader impacts of this research are the advancement of high data rate communication systems through the deployment of new integrated wired and wireless infrastructures with enhanced flexibility and scalability. The technologies created in this project will also greatly enhance the security of data on wireless networks due to the inherent security in the physical layer of the 60 GHz wireless network. The enhanced security of short range 60 GHz wireless networks will be of direct benefit to organizations such as law enforcement agencies, homeland security, financial institutions and medical institutions, for which the secure transmission of data is critical in ensuring the protection of individuals.