System-Level Analysis of Millimeter-Wave Wireless Links

In this chapter, considerations for the system-level study of a transceiver for multi-Gbps mm-wave communications will be presented. These considerations will be applied to the analysis of a transceiver that will satisfy the demands of future backhaul and fronthaul wireless links in the E-band. Starting from a set of given link specifications, a link budget analysis will be performed in order to assess the required output power at the transmitter. Additionally, the choice of an architecture that addresses the trade-off between performance and design complexity will be justified, describing its main features and deriving the specifications for each block in the transmitter.