2-Gbps uncompressed HDTV transmission over 60-GHz SiGe radio link

Abstract

We report a proof-of-concept demonstration of 2-Gbps uncompressed HDTV transmission using a 60-GHz SiGe radio chipset. We took a single-carrier approach with a usual DQPSK modulation scheme, assuming an LOS environment, and implemented the system with FPGAs. At the same time, in order to take care of more frequent sync/burst errors in high-data-rate single-carrier approaches, we equipped the baseband with efficient random/packet error recovery and symbol-timing recovery with an effective interpolation method. As a result, a clear and crisp image was obtained in the end-to-end transmission. © 2007 IEEE.