60 GHz Modular Antenna Array Link Budget Estimation with WiGig Baseband and Millimeter-Wave Specific Attenuation

Table 1

WiGig/IEEE 802.11ad MCS Index Table (regenerated from Table21-3 in WiGig/IEEE 802.11ad [10]), assuming that (i) 5 dB implementation loss, (ii) 10 dB noise factor (Noise Figure), and (iii) packet error rate (PER) shall be less than 1% when the payload length is 4000 bytes.

Receiver	MCS index	SC-based MCS	Full MCS
Sensitivity	(Achievable rates, unit: Mbps)	(Mandatory SC)	(Including optional OFDM)
dBm	MCS0 ()	MCS0 ()	MCS0 ()
dBm	MCS1 ()	MCS1 ()	MCS1 ()
dBm	MCS2 (), MCS13 ()	MCS2 ()	MCS2 ()
dBm	MCS3 ()	MCS3 ()	MCS3 ()
dBm	MCS4 (), MCS14 (), MCS25 ()	MCS4 ()	MCS4 ()
dBm	MCS6 (), MCS15 ()	MCS6 ()	MCS6 ()
dBm	MCS5 (), MCS7 (), MCS16 ()	MCS7 ()	MCS7 ()
dBm	MCS8 ()	MCS8 ()	MCS8 ()
dBm	MCS17 (), MCS26 ()	—	—
dBm	MCS9 ()	MCS9 ()	MCS9 ()
dBm	MCS18 ()	—	MCS18 ()
dBm	MCS27 (), MCS28 (), MCS29 (), MCS30 (), MCS31 ()	—	—
dBm	MCS19 ()	—	MCS19 ()
dBm	MCS10 ()	MCS10 ()	—
dBm	MCS11 (), MCS20 ()	MCS11 ()	MCS20 ()
dBm	MCS12 (), MCS21 ()	MCS12 ()	MCS12 ()
dBm	MCS22 ()	—	MCS22 ()
dBm	MCS23 ()	—	MCS23 ()
dBm	MCS24 ()	—	MCS24 ()