Millimeter-wave waveguide communication system

A millimeter-wave waveguide communication system, comprising a clock component and at least two sets of millimeter-wave receiving and transmitting channels,

• wherein the clock component is configured to provide a synchronization carrier signal to sending ends and receiving ends of the at least two sets of millimeter-wave receiving and transmitting channels, respectively;
• and
• each set of millimeter-wave receiving and transmitting channels comprises:
• a transmitter component, a transmission waveguide, and a receiver component, wherein:
• the transmitter component is configured to modulate a synchronization carrier signal of a sending end by using a signal to be transmitted so as to generate a millimeter-wave signal, and to couple the millimeter-signal to the transmission waveguide;
• the receiver component is configured to detect, from the transmission waveguide, the millimeter signal carrying the signal to be transmitted, to demodulate the millimeter signal by using a synchronization carrier signal of a receiving end, and to obtain the signal to be transmitted;
• the transmission waveguide is located between the transmitter component and the receiver component and configured to provide a channel for millimeter-wave transmission;
• a top face, at least one of a side face and a bottom face of the transmission waveguide, except for active devices and accessories thereof, being plated with a metal conductive all to form an electromagnetic shield from a transmission waveguide in an adjacent millimeter-wave receiving and transmitting channel;
• wherein the clock component comprises:
• a global optical clock, configured to generate a synchronization optical clock signal, and to transmit synchronization optical clock signal to the sending ends and the receiving ends of the millimeter-wave waveguide communication system, respectively, over an optical fiber;
• a sending end optical detector, located at the sending ends of the millimeter-wave waveguide communication system, and configured to generate a synchronization carrier signal in a form of an electrical signal by using the synchronization optical clock signal, and to transmit the synchronization carrier signal to the transmitter component of the at least two sets of millimeter-wave receiving and transmitting channels;
• and
• a receiving, end optical detector, located at the receiving ends of the millimeter-wave waveguide communication system, and configured to generate a synchronization carrier signal in a form of an electrical signal by using the synchronization optical clock signal, and to transmit the synchronization carrier signal to the receiver component of the at least two sets of millimeter-wave receiving and transmitting channels.