SBIR Phase I: Cognitive Radio Small Cell for Pervasive Coverage and Sustained

该项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力包括三个细分市场以及技术开发和工程培训方面的国内/国际合作。第一个细分市场将为第一响应者提供一种方法，通过部署现场智能自配置通信系统来提高事件管理通信的可靠性。预计这将改善灾害和危机发生时第一反应者对通信设备的依赖。第二部分是将拟议的小型蜂窝定位于国内运营商，供企业客户和消费者使用，以增加本地的容量和覆盖范围。最后，第三部分是通过合作伙伴关系为新兴市场的4G/5G系统部署提供关键的频谱管理能力。该计划还将为研究生提供培训计划，并与国内和国际合作伙伴建立复杂的研究开发伙伴关系。该小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目旨在开发用于移动的通信的认知运营商中立小型小区。由于监管问题和频谱稀缺，随着时间的推移，有效使用无线频谱的能力变得越来越普遍，甚至越来越成为一种要求。然而，当前的通信系统的频谱效率不够高，这就是为什么存在对频谱的抢占。通信技术中解决频谱稀缺问题所需的关键改进是智能频谱重用。该提案旨在开发一种能够为附近用户提供智能可靠覆盖和持续数据速率的认知小小区。该通信系统的主要优点将是：1）作为即插即用接入点操作; 2）提供载波中立的第四代/第五代（4G/5G）无线覆盖; 3）当多个小区部署在连续区域中时，向移动的用户提供无缝覆盖和持续的数据速率; 4）通过带宽聚合同时在多个频带中操作;以及5）通过因特网协议版本6（IPv6）回程从运营商网络卸载业务。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this project includes three market segments and domestic/international collaboration in technology development and engineering training. The first market segment will be to provide first responders with a way to improve reliability in the communication for incident management through the deployment of on-the-scene smart self-configurable communication systems. This is expected to improve first responder reliance on communications equipment at times of disasters and crisis. The second segment is to target the proposed small cells to domestic carriers for use by enterprise customers and consumers to increase capacity and coverage locally. Finally, the third segment is to provide key spectrum management capability to the deployment of a 4G/5G system in emerging markets through partnerships. The program will also enable training programs for graduate students and complex research & development partnerships with domestic and international partners. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project seeks to develop a cognitive carrier-neutral small cell for mobile communications. The ability to effectively use wireless spectrum is becoming more prevalent, and even more of a requirement, as time goes on due to regulatory issues and spectrum scarcity. However, current communication systems are not sufficiently spectrum-efficient, which is why there is a land-grab for spectrum. A critical improvement needed in communication technology to address spectrum scarcity is smart spectrum reuse. This proposal seeks to develop a cognitive small cell capable of providing smart reliable coverage, and sustained data rates to users in the vicinity. The main advantages of this communication system will be to: 1) Operate as a plug-and-play access point; 2) Provide carrier neutral 4th generation/5th generation (4G/5G) wireless coverage; 3) Provide seamless coverage and sustained data rates to mobile users when multiple cells are deployed in contiguous areas; 4) Operate in multiple bands simultaneously through bandwidth aggregation; and 5) Offload traffic from the carrier network through an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) backhaul.