Traveling Wave Tube based W‐band Wireless Network with High Data Rate, Distribution, Spectrum and Energy Efficiency

The TWEETHER project participated in the Workshop on Millimetre-wave Technologies for High-Speed Broadband Wireless Networks, which took place in November 2015 in Valencia, Spain, giving a presentation about the main challenges to be overcome to enable a point to multipoint wireless network at W-band (92-95 GHz). The high atmosphere attenuation and the lack of power amplifier suitable to provide adequate area coverage have so far prevented the W-band use. This presentation describes a novel approach of W-band wireless network based on a high power, wide band traveling wave tube of new generation to enable this new transmission paradigm. Such a system, together with the development of beyond the state-of-the-art affordable millimetre wave devices, will permit to overcome the economic obstacle that causes the digital divide and will pave the way towards the full deployment of small cells