Data rate (Gb/s)
200
10
11
75
64
64
40
48
3
32
46
30
50
60
2.5
10
10
20.6
10
3.6
3.0
2
10
10
25
50
75
100
8
24
40
20
25
50
100
260
37.2
74.4
8
11
1.9
3.8
5.4
27
6
10
1.5
Distance (m)
0.5
5800
2
0.02
850
1
10
0.5
50
0.5
2
20
0.5
0.5
3
50
250
0.6
800
0.38
0.3
1500
1500
2
0.5
20
20
20
0.5
0.5
1
0.03
2.13
12
1.2
0.5
2.3
2.3
2.7
0.17
184
50
9
2.5
250
0.1
0.3
Carrier (GHz)
100
120
130
200
240
300
300
300
340
385
400
300
330
400
625
125
125
120
120
140
120
140
140
220
220
237.5
237.5
237.5
250
300
300
92.5
87.5
87.5
87.5
400
92.5
92.5
60
60
60
60
60
60
83
85
300
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