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.

下一代无线网络必须满足移动和可穿戴设备的快速增长以及新兴的应用程序（例如虚拟/增强现实和超高清视频流）等新兴应用程序，因此必须满足不断增长的移动交通需求。当今的无线网络，例如在2.4/5 GHZ（GHz）频谱上运行的传统WiFi网络，在无线链接上提供了每秒数据速率的多千兆位数据。近年来，已证明使用毫米波频谱（尤其是未经许可的60 GHz频谱）可以达到每秒7吉比特的每一链接数据速率。尽管有潜力，但在可靠性，机动性，干预和覆盖范围方面仍有许多重大挑战，需要解决以启用企业级毫米波网络。该项目的主要目的是使用可重新配置的60 GHz软件收音机设计毫米波网络和感测试台。测试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，教育和发展。具有电子横梁成形功能，集成的相位置换的天线阵列，多场可编程的门阵列处理功能以及体格和中等访问的效率和中等范围的测试层的序列和中等范围的测量层，并启用了数量，并具有详细的量度，并具有详细的量度，并具有详细的特征。无线局域网。从研究中获得的见解将用于制定智能网络部署策略，这些策略可以在存在室内机动性和不可预测的链接中断的情况下提供可靠的覆盖范围。创新的多层次代码簿设计和低复杂的到达方向（DOA）基于基于的通道估计技术将用于敏捷和节能的光束形成。将研究基于角度划分多访问（ADMA）的干扰感知的多个访问协议，其中将通过横梁成形在角域中分离不同角度的用户，而从同一角群体中的用户可以通过正交编码同时访问该通道。此外，将研究基于协调的多点（COMP）和跨技术协调的停电缓解技术，以确保在存在阻塞和移动性的情况下可靠的连通性。毫米波测试台将用于设计辅助生活设施中的医疗保健和活动感测，智能空间中无处不在的远程互动以及访问的计算应用程序的低成本，高度精确的射频传感技术，以及访问的计算应用程序，包括聋哑人的自动识别语言识别和聋哑用户的自动手势识别。解决方案将进一步提高通过网络移动性的网络和传感性能进行探索和评估。

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

OmniScatter: extreme sensitivity mmWave backscattering using commodity FMCW radar

• DOI: 10.1145/3498361.3538924
• 发表时间: 2022-06
• 期刊: Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services
• 作者: K. Bae;Natalie Ahn;Yoon Chae;Parth H. Pathak;Sung-Min Sohn;S. Kim

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