Telecommunications Science ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (6): 33-44.doi: 10.11959/j.issn.1000-0801.2021122

• Topic: 5G+6G • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Terahertz wireless networking: principles, status and challenges

Tianhang ZHOU1, Chuang YANG1, Zile LIU1, Mugen PENG1, Li YU2   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
    2 State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
  • Revised:2021-06-10 Online:2021-06-20 Published:2021-06-01
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation of China(61925101);The National Natural Science Foundation of China(61831002)

Abstract:

To achieve huge capacity, terahertz communication has become an important technical option for 6G.Application and performance requirements of terahertz communication in typical indoor and outdoor scenarios were introduced emphatically.Then, based on the requirements of terahertz wireless networking, the research progress of key technologies such as topology design, media access control (MAC) layer protocol and neighbor discovery were summarized in detail.Last but not least, the challenges of terahertz wireless networking were discussed, and the possible future research directions were described.

Key words: terahertz communication, networking, MAC

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