Millimeter Wave and Radio Stripe: A Prospective Wireless Technology for 6G and Beyond Networks

Cell-Free massive MIMO(CFmM) requires every AP to be connected to CPU via front haul (front-haul constraints) resulting in huge economic costs and network synchronization issues. Radio Stripe architecture of cell-free mMIMO is one such architecture of CFmM which is suitable for practical deployment and is slated to be deployed in 6th generation (6G) network according to industry experts. Moreover, millimeter wave (mmW) band, which largely remains underutilized due to its propagation issues (owing to large propagation distances) can offer data rate up to 5Gbps in wireless networks. Owing the deployment nature of radio stripe(RS) (inside train, metro, stadium, common places, etc.) make it possible for mmW spectrum to be utilized in RS network. In this article we explore the possibility of mmW CFmM based on radio stripe to be adopted in 6th generation (6G) and beyond wireless networks.