SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS BACKHAUL TRANSPORT

摘要

Systems and methods are described for providing wireless backhaul transport. One element of the system is a highly integrated radio transceiver, including an integrated antenna. The radio transceiver may operate in the millimeter wave range (between 30 GHz and 300 GHz), and due to the small wavelengths, it is possible to integrate the antenna, which would typically compromise a number of antenna elements, with the radio transceiver in a single integrated circuit (IC) package, commonly referred to as a system-in-package (SiP) and/or antenna-in-package (AiP) format. In some implementations, the band that a hardware module can exploit is the unlicensed 60 GHz band, which is generally available globally.

主权项

1. A wireless communications module for communicating with a wireless device, comprising:
a packet processing function (PPF) configured to exchange communications between the wireless device and a network,
wherein the PPF is configured to exchange frames between the module and the wireless device, andwherein the PPF is configured to communicatively couple with at least one other module at a first node; a wireless MAC layer component, coupled to the PPF, and configured to forward frames across beamformed wireless communication links to a second node; and a millimeter wave (30 GHz-300 GHz) physical layer and radio transceiver component coupled to the wireless MAC layer component,
wherein the physical layer and radio transceiver component includes a multi-element antenna array configured to provide the beamformed wireless links to the second node.