This dissertation describes the implementation of a OFDM-based simulation framework
for multigigabit applications at 60 GHz band over indoor multipath fading channels.
The main goal of the framework is to provide a modular simulation tool designed
for high data rate application in order to be easily adapted to a speci c standard or
technology, such as 5G. The performance of OFDM using mmWave signals is severely
a ected by non-linearities of the RF front-ends. This work analyses the impact of RF
impairments in an OFDM system over multipath fading channels at 60 GHz using the
proposed simulation framework. The impact of those impairments is evaluated through
the metrics of BER, CFR, operation range and PSNR for residential and kiosk scenarios,
suggested by the standard for LOS and NLOS. The presented framework allows
the employment of 16 QAM or 64 QAM modulation scheme, and the length of the
cyclic pre x extension is also con gurable. In order to simulate a realistic multipath
fading channel, the proposed framework allows the insertion of a channel impulse response
de ned by the user. The channel estimation can be performed either using
pilot subcarriers or Golay sequence as channel estimation sequences. Independently of
the channel estimation technique selected, frequency domain equalization is available
through ZF approach or MMSE. The simulation framework also allows channel coding
techniques in order to provide a more robustness transmission and to improve the link
budget
