The future of connectivity is wireless and in that context the High Energy Physics (HEP) community is no exception. The volume of data produced at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is immense and represent a considerable processing challenge. Moreover the LHC HEP detector environment is one of the most demanding working environments with respect to ultra-low latencies, ultra-high data rate, reliable indoor coverage and harsh radiation environment in the world. Together with the standard requirements to be energy efficient, low cost and secure. Today, the data transmission in HEP experiments is based on wire and optical readout architecture. We propose the use of wireless data transmission described here as a third option.
This paper present the motivation and overview of the status of our ASIC development and first ideas for wireless read out and control. In this first phase of development, we will focus on the 60 GHz band, which provide high bandwidth, small form factor and is a mature technology. Open issues and future strategy are also briefly discussed.