TY - JOUR
T1 - Inband Full-Duplex Radio Transceivers
T2 - A Paradigm Shift in Tactical Communications and Electronic Warfare?
AU - Riihonen, Taneli
AU - Korpi, Dani
AU - Rantula, Olli
AU - Rantanen, Heikki
AU - Saarelainen, Tapio
AU - Valkama, Mikko
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - Inband FD operation has great potential in civilian/commercial wireless communications, because it can as much as double transmission links° spectral efficiency by exploiting the newfound capability for STAR that is facilitated by advanced SIC techniques. This article surveys the prospects of exploiting the emerging FD radio technology in military communication applications as well. In addition to enabling high-rate twoway tactical communications, the STAR capability could give a major technical advantage to armed forces by allowing their radio transceivers to conduct electronic warfare at the same time that they are also receiving or transmitting other signals at the same frequency bands. After comprehensively introducing FD transceiver architectures and SIC requirements in military communications, this article outlines and analyzes all the most promising defensive and offensive applications of the STAR capability. It is not out of the question that this disruptive technology could even bring about a paradigm shift in operations at the cyber-electromagnetic battleground. At least, forward-looking innovators in the military communications community would right now have a window of opportunity to engage in original, potentially high-impact scientific research on FD military radio systems, which we would like to spur on by this speculative tutorial article.
AB - Inband FD operation has great potential in civilian/commercial wireless communications, because it can as much as double transmission links° spectral efficiency by exploiting the newfound capability for STAR that is facilitated by advanced SIC techniques. This article surveys the prospects of exploiting the emerging FD radio technology in military communication applications as well. In addition to enabling high-rate twoway tactical communications, the STAR capability could give a major technical advantage to armed forces by allowing their radio transceivers to conduct electronic warfare at the same time that they are also receiving or transmitting other signals at the same frequency bands. After comprehensively introducing FD transceiver architectures and SIC requirements in military communications, this article outlines and analyzes all the most promising defensive and offensive applications of the STAR capability. It is not out of the question that this disruptive technology could even bring about a paradigm shift in operations at the cyber-electromagnetic battleground. At least, forward-looking innovators in the military communications community would right now have a window of opportunity to engage in original, potentially high-impact scientific research on FD military radio systems, which we would like to spur on by this speculative tutorial article.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85036453296&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/MCOM.2017.1700220
DO - 10.1109/MCOM.2017.1700220
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85036453296
SN - 0163-6804
VL - 55
SP - 30
EP - 36
JO - IEEE Communications Magazine
JF - IEEE Communications Magazine
IS - 10
M1 - 8067680
ER -