# Last Meter Indoor Terahertz Wireless Access: Performance Insights and Implementation Roadmap

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.02963 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1708.02963/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 9 Aug 2017.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Artificial Intelligence Empowered Multiple Access for Ultra Reliable and Low Latency THz Wireless Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2208.08039/) (2022)

## Abstract (arXiv)

The terahertz (THz) band, 0.1-10 THz, has sufficient resources not only to satisfy the 5G requirements of 10 Gbit/s peak data rate but to enable a number of tempting rate-greedy applications. However, the THz band brings novel challenges, never addressed at lower frequencies. Among others, the scattering of THz waves from any object, including walls and furniture, and ultra-wideband highly-directional links lead to fundamentally new propagation and interference structures. In this article, we review the recent progress in THz propagation modeling, antenna and testbed designs, and propose a step-by-step roadmap for wireless THz Ethernet extension for indoor environments. As a side effect, the described concept provides a second life to the currently underutilized Ethernet infrastructure by using it as a universally available backbone. By applying real THz band propagation, reflection, and scattering measurements as well as ray-tracing simulations of a typical office, we analyze two representative scenarios at 300 GHz and 1.25 THz frequencies illustrating that extremely high rates can be achieved with realistic system parameters at room scales.