Next generation wireless terahertz communication networks

The rapid growth of the data traffic demands new ways to achieve high-speed wireless links. The backbone networks, data centers, mission-critical applications, as well as end-users sitting in office or home, all require ultra-high throughput and ultra-low latency wireless links. Sophisticated technological advancement and huge bandwidth are required to reduce the latency. Terahertz band, in this regard, has a huge potential to provide these high-capacity links where a user can download the file in a few seconds. To realize the high-capacity wireless links for future applications, in this book, different aspects of the Terahertz band wireless communication network are presented. This book highlights the Terahertz channel characteristics and modeling, antenna design and beamforming, device characterization, applications, and protocols. It also provides state-of-the-art knowledge on different communication aspects of Terahertz communication and techniques to realize the true potential of the Terahertz band for wireless communication.

Chapter 1: The meeting point of Terahertz communications, sensing and localization -- PART I: Terahertz Transceiver and Devices -- Chapter 2: Resonant Tunneling Diode (RTD) Terahertz Transceivers -- Chapter 3: Characterization of emitters and detectors -- PART II: Terahertz Channel Characteristics and Modelling -- Chapter 4: Fundamentals of Interference Modelling by Stochastic Geometry in THz Networks -- Chapter 5: Terahertz communication channel characteristics and measurements -- Chapter 6: An Overview of the Terahertz Communication Networks and LOS and NLOS Propagation Techniques -- Part III: Terahertz Antenna Design -- Chapter 7: Advancements in Terahertz Antenna Design and their Performances -- Chapter 8: Antenna misalignment and blockage in THz communications -- Chapter 9: Hybrid Beamforming in Wireless Terahertz Communications -- Chapter 10: Ultra-Massive MIMO in THz Communications Concepts, Challenges and Applications -- Chapter 11: Design of passive components for microwave photonics-based millimetre wave systems -- Part IV: Terahertz Links, Application, and Deployment -- Chapter 12: Terahertz Band Intersatellite Communication Links -- Chapter 13: Terahertz front end tech…