NeTS: SHF: Medium: Collaborative Research: Integrated Design and Optimization of Millimeter-Wave Multi-Beam MIMO Networks for Gigabit Mobile Access

NeTS：SHF：中：协作研究：千兆移动接入毫米波多波束 MIMO 网络集成设计与优化

• 批准号: 1705026
• 负责人: Deukhyoun Heo
• 金额: $ 52.85万
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-06-01 至 2021-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1705026&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NeTS; SHF; Medium; Collaborative; Research

Wireless technology is heading for a spectrum crunch with the proliferation of data-hungry devices and applications. Millimeter-wave (mmW) technology, operating between 30GHz to 300GHz, is a promising emerging solution that offers orders-of-magnitude larger bandwidth than current systems and efficient spectrum usage through beamforming. While recent research shows the tremendous potential of mmW wireless in realizing unprecedented spectral efficiency, Gigabit rates and low latency, it is tempered by significant theoretical and technological challenges. In particular, the hardware complexity of the antennas and mmW circuits, and the computational complexity of digital processing challenge the current paradigms and require a fresh cross-disciplinary approach for addressing tradeoffs in performance, complexity, and energy consumption. This project is investigating fundamental tradeoffs in the design of wideband mmW wireless networks through an integrated framework spanning communication and signal processing techniques, hardware design, and networking protocols. The four-investigator research team is uniquely qualified to undertake this research due to their complementary expertise. The project is supporting six graduate students, and broadening participation in cutting-edge research to undergraduates and underrepresented groups through curriculum development and outreach efforts. Industrial relationships are informing research, providing opportunities for students, and facilitating technology transfer. A new cross-domain framework is being developed for integrated design of scalable mmW multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) networks that employ multi-antenna arrays for multi-beam multiuser communication. The research spans communication theory and signal processing, mmW hardware and data converter design, networking protocols, and experimental validation with a state-of-the-art testbed. The research is anchored on four goals: 1) Development of a multi-beam MIMO network architecture and communication/signal processing techniques for mobile access; 2) Investigation of a scalable and reconfigurable slice-based mmW transceiver design for multi-beam MIMO; 3) Investigation of medium access control and higher layer protocols to address mmW propagation challenges and to fully exploit the advanced physical layer capabilities; and 4) Integrated system modeling and assessment for performance-complexity-energy optimization and experimental validation. Several key operational requirements are being investigated, including multi-beam forming and data multiplexing, dynamic beam-frequency allocation and carrier aggregation, dynamic hardware reconfigurability, and flexible networking protocols for diverse use cases. The research results are expected to: i) advance the state-of-the-art of basic theory and design strategies for mmW wireless; ii) act as a catalyst for cross-disciplinary design and analysis of mmW wireless networks, and iii) lead to a deeper fundamental understanding and design methodologies which could impact other applications including imaging, sensing and radar.

无线技术正走向频谱紧缩与数据饥渴的设备和应用程序的扩散。毫米波（mmW）技术在30 GHz至300 GHz之间工作，是一种有前途的新兴解决方案，它提供比当前系统大几个数量级的带宽，并通过波束成形提供有效的频谱利用。虽然最近的研究表明，毫米波无线在实现前所未有的频谱效率、千兆速率和低延迟方面具有巨大潜力，但它受到重大理论和技术挑战的制约。特别是，天线和毫米波电路的硬件复杂性，以及数字处理的计算复杂性挑战了当前的范例，并需要一个新的跨学科的方法来解决性能，复杂性和能耗的权衡。 该项目通过一个涵盖通信和信号处理技术、硬件设计和网络协议的集成框架，研究宽带毫米波无线网络设计中的基本权衡。四名研究人员组成的研究小组因其互补的专业知识而具有开展这项研究的独特资格。该项目正在支持六名研究生，并通过课程编制和外联工作，将尖端研究的参与范围扩大到本科生和代表性不足的群体。工业关系为研究提供信息，为学生提供机会，并促进技术转让。一个新的跨域框架正在开发的可扩展毫米波多输入多输出（MIMO）网络，采用多天线阵列的多波束多用户通信的集成设计。该研究涵盖了通信理论和信号处理，mmW硬件和数据转换器设计，网络协议以及最先进的测试平台的实验验证。本研究围绕四个目标展开：1）开发用于移动的接入的多波束MIMO网络架构和通信/信号处理技术; 2）研究用于多波束MIMO的可扩展和可重构的基于切片的毫米波收发器设计; 3）研究介质访问控制和更高层协议以解决毫米波传播挑战并充分利用先进的物理层能力;（4）综合系统建模与评估，实现性能-复杂性-能量优化和实验验证。正在研究几个关键的操作要求，包括多波束成形和数据复用、动态波束频率分配和载波聚合、动态硬件可重新配置性以及适用于各种用例的灵活网络协议。研究结果有望：i）推进mmW无线基础理论和设计策略的最新发展; ii）作为mmW无线网络跨学科设计和分析的催化剂; iii）导致更深入的基本理解和设计方法，这可能会影响其他应用，包括成像，传感和雷达。

项目成果

Four-Element Wide Modulated Bandwidth MIMO Receiver With >35-dB Interference Cancellation

• DOI: 10.1109/tmtt.2020.2986441
• 发表时间: 2020-04
• 期刊: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
• 影响因子: 4.3
• 作者: Erfan Ghaderi;A. Ramani;A. Rahimi;D. Heo;S. Shekhar;Subhanshu Gupta

Analysis of Systematic Losses in Hybrid Envelope Tracking Modulators

• DOI: 10.1109/tcsi.2018.2883531
• 发表时间: 2019-04-01
• 期刊: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS I-REGULAR PAPERS
• 影响因子: 5.1
• 作者: Renaud, Luke;Baylon, Joseph;Heo, Deukhyoun
• 通讯作者: Heo, Deukhyoun

A Wide Output Voltage Range Single-Input-Multi-Output Hybrid DC-DC Converter Achieving 87.5% Peak Efficiency With a Fast Response Time and Low Cross Regulation for DVFS Applications

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• DOI: 10.1109/cicc48029.2020.9075892
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: 2020 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC
• 作者: Zhou, Zhiyuan;Tang, Nghia;Nguyen, Bai;Hong, Wookpyo;Pande, Partha Pratim;Heo, Deukhyoun
• 通讯作者: Heo, Deukhyoun

A Spatial Multi-Bit Sub-1-V Time-Domain Matrix Multiplier Interface for Approximate Computing in 65-nm CMOS

用于 65 nm CMOS 近似计算的空间多位低于 1V 时域矩阵乘法器接口

• DOI: 10.1109/jetcas.2018.2852624
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems
• 影响因子: 4.6
• 作者: Gopal, Srinivasan;Agarwal, Pawan;Baylon, Joe;Renaud, Luke;Ali, Sheikh Nijam;Pande, Partha Pratim;Heo, Deukhyoun
• 通讯作者: Heo, Deukhyoun

A 25–35 GHz Neutralized Continuous Class-F CMOS Power Amplifier for 5G Mobile Communications Achieving 26% Modulation PAE at 1.5 Gb/s and 46.4% Peak PAE

• DOI: 10.1109/tcsi.2018.2860019
• 发表时间: 2019-02
• 期刊: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers
• 作者: Sheikh Nijam Ali;Pawan Agarwal;S. Gopal;S. Mirabbasi;D. Heo