Figure: Illustration of a "Public Network Extension" Scenario with Gbit/s Hot-Spot Coverage
WIGWAM is part of the Central Innovation Program "Mobile Internet" which is funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The objective of WIGWAM is the design of a complete system for wireless communication with a maximum transmission data rate of 1 Gbit/s.
The targeted spectrum is the 5 GHz band and the extension bands 17, 24, and 60 GHz. Depending on the mobility of the user, the data rate should be scalable.
The goal is a "1 Gbit/s component" of a heterogeneous future mobile communication system. All aspects of such a system will be investigated, from the hardware platform to the protocols, which are subject to very strong requirements given the extremely high data rate of 1 Gbit/s.
The main application area is the transmission of multimedia content in so-called hot-spots (see figure below), in home scenarios, and in large offices where an enormous data rate back-off is necessary, e.g. to supply the user with short-term high data rates, or to enable a true plug-and-play without any frequency planning (particularly important in home scenarios). In order to be able to include such a high data rate air-interface into a future heterogeneous mobile communications system, also high mobility applications are covered.