Research Article

Enhanced Next Generation Millimeter-Wave Multicarrier System with Generalized Frequency Division Multiplexing

Table 1

WiGig/IEEE 802.11ad OFDM parameters.

Parameter Value

Number of IDFT/DFT points 512
Number of data subcarriers 336
Number of pilot subcarriers16 (±10, 30, 50, 70, 90, 110, 130, 150)
Number of DC subcarriers 3 (−1, 0, 1)
Number of guard band subcarriers 157 (−256178, 178~255)
Subcarrier frequency spacing 5.15625 MHz (2640 MHz/512)
OFDM sample rate 2640 MHz
OFDM symbol period 0.194 usec
Cyclic prefix duration 48.4 ns = 0.194 usec 25%