System implications of heat in wireless high-speed data networks

Summary form only given, as follows. Heat generation is reported to be a major problem for high speed wireless data networks. This is primarily due to the combination of two network components: first, the system decision to adopt signal types with both high bandwidth efficiency and high envelope peak-to-average ratios; and second, the hardware consequence of large amplifier backoff requirements for these signals. Following a summary of the magnitude of this heat consequence, requirements for eliminating this effect are proposed. Performance measurements from a resulting new radio architecture are presented, demonstrating the efficacy of this new architecture.