II-New: 60 GHz Millimeter-Wave Testbed for Multi-Gigabit Wireless Networking

II-新：用于多千兆位无线网络的 60 GHz 毫米波测试台

• 批准号: 1730083
• 负责人: Parth Pathak
• 金额: $ 84.37万
• 依托单位: George Mason University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-10-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1730083&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: II; New; 60; GHz; Millimeter

The next generation of wireless networks must meet the ever-increasing mobile traffic demand due to the rapid growth of mobile and wearable devices and newly emerging applications such as virtual/augmented reality and ultra high-definition video streaming. Today's wireless networks such as legacy WiFi networks operating at 2.4/5 Gigahertz (GHz) spectrum fall short in providing multiple gigabit per second data rates on wireless links. In recent years, the use of millimeter-wave spectrum (especially the unlicensed 60 GHz spectrum) has been shown to achieve 7 gigabits per second per-link data rates. In spite of the potential, there are many outstanding challenges in terms of reliability, mobility, interference and coverage that need to be addressed to enable enterprise-grade millimeter-wave networks. The main objective of this project is to design a millimeter-wave networking and sensing testbed using reconfigurable 60 GHz software radios. The testbed will be a state-of-the-art infrastructure that will foster research, education and development of the next generation high-speed wireless networks.With the electronic beamforming capabilities, integrated phased antenna array, multi-Field-Programmable Gate Array processing functionality and development of the Physical and Medium Access Control layer modules, the multi-link testbed will enable detailed measurements and characterization of coverage, mobility and interference in 60 GHz Wireless Local Area Networks. The insights gained from the study will be used to devise intelligent network deployment strategies that can provide reliable coverage in the presence of indoor mobility and unpredictable link outages. Innovative multi-level codebook design and low-complexity Direction of Arrival (DoA)-based channel estimation techniques will be developed for agile and energy-efficient beamforming. Interference-aware multiple access protocols based on Angular Division Multiple Access (ADMA) will be investigated where users from different angles are separated in the angular domain through beamforming and users from the same angular cluster may access the channel simultaneously via orthogonal coding. Additionally, outage mitigation techniques based on Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) and cross-technology coordination will be studied to guarantee reliable connectivity in the presence of blockage and mobility. The millimeter-wave testbed will be used to design low-cost, highly-accurate radio frequency sensing techniques for healthcare and activity sensing in assisted living facilities, ubiquitous remote interaction in smart spaces, and accessible computing applications including automatic sign language recognition for the deaf and hard of hearing users. Solutions further enhancing the networking and sensing performance through network mobility will be explored and evaluated.

由于移动和可穿戴设备以及虚拟/增强现实和超高清视频流等新兴应用的快速增长，下一代无线网络必须满足不断增长的移动流量需求。今天的无线网络，如运行在2.4/5千兆赫（GHz）频谱上的传统WiFi网络，无法在无线链路上提供每秒数千兆比特的数据速率。近年来，使用毫米波频谱（特别是未经许可的60 GHz频谱）已被证明可以实现每秒7千兆比特的每链路数据速率。尽管潜力巨大，但要实现企业级毫米波网络，在可靠性、移动性、干扰和覆盖范围等方面仍有许多突出的挑战需要解决。该项目的主要目标是使用可重构的60 GHz软件无线电设计一个毫米波网络和传感试验台。该试验台将是一个最先进的基础设施，将促进下一代高速无线网络的研究、教育和开发。凭借电子波束成形能力、集成相控天线阵列、多场可编程门阵列处理功能以及物理和介质访问控制层模块的开发，多链路试验台将能够详细测量和表征60ghz无线局域网的覆盖、移动和干扰。从研究中获得的见解将用于设计智能网络部署策略，可以在室内移动和不可预测的链路中断的情况下提供可靠的覆盖。将开发创新的多级码本设计和低复杂度的基于到达方向（DoA）的信道估计技术，以实现敏捷和节能的波束形成。研究了基于角分多址（ADMA）的干扰感知多址协议，该协议通过波束形成将不同角度的用户在角域中分离，并通过正交编码将同一角度集群的用户同时接入信道。此外，将研究基于协调多点（CoMP）和跨技术协调的中断缓解技术，以确保在阻塞和移动存在的情况下可靠连接。毫米波测试平台将用于设计低成本、高精度的射频传感技术，用于辅助生活设施中的医疗保健和活动传感，智能空间中无处不在的远程交互，以及可访问的计算应用，包括聋人和重听用户的自动手语识别。将探索和评估通过网络移动性进一步增强网络和感知性能的解决方案。

项目成果

Expressive ASL Recognition using Millimeter-wave Wireless Signals

• DOI: 10.1109/secon48991.2020.9158441
• 发表时间: 2020-06
• 期刊: 2020 17th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON)
• 作者: P. Santhalingam;Yuanqi Du;Riley Wilkerson;Al Amin Hosain;Ding Zhang;Parth H. Pathak;H. Rangwala;R. Kushalnagar

Wideband Temporal Spectrum Sensing Using Cepstral Features

使用倒谱特征的宽带时间频谱传感

• DOI: 10.1109/wowmom.2019.8793002
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Mobile and Multimedia Networks" (WoWMoM
• 作者: Cheng, Hanke;Mark, Brian L.;Ephraim, Yariv
• 通讯作者: Ephraim, Yariv

Innovating Multi-user Volumetric Video Streaming through Cross-layer Design

• DOI: 10.1145/3484266.3487396
• 发表时间: 2021-11
• 期刊: Proceedings of the 20th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks
• 作者: Ding Zhang;Bo Han;Parth H. Pathak;Haoliang Wang

mmChoir: Exploiting Joint Transmissions for Reliable 60GHz mmWave WLANs

• DOI: 10.1145/3209582.3209608
• 发表时间: 2018-06
• 期刊: Proceedings of the Eighteenth ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing
• 作者: Ding Zhang;Mihir Garude;Parth H. Pathak

Characterizing Interference Mitigation Techniques in Dense 60 GHz mmWave WLANs

• DOI: 10.1109/icccn.2019.8847085
• 发表时间: 2019-07
• 期刊: 2019 28th International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN)
• 作者: Ding Zhang;P. Santhalingam;Parth H. Pathak;Zizhan Zheng