CNS Core: Small: Software-Hardware Reconfigurable Systems for Mobile Millimeter-Wave Networks

CNS 核心：小型：移动毫米波网络的软硬件可重构系统

• 批准号: 1910853
• 负责人: Sanjib Sur
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: University of South Carolina at Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-10-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1910853&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CNS; Core; Small; Software; Hardware

Millimeter-wave is a core technology for next-generation wireless and cellular networks (5G and beyond). Networks using millimeter-wave technologies are expected to satiate the rapidly growing customer appetite for mobile data and to meet the stringent throughput, latency, and reliability requirements of emerging applications, such as immersive virtual and mixed reality, tactile internet, vehicular communications, and autonomous vehicles safety. However, high directionality, high channel dynamics, and sensitivity to blockages render state-of-the-art millimeter-wave technologies unsuitable for low-latency, high performance, and ultra-reliable applications. This research project focuses on designing software-hardware reconfigurable systems to address the key challenges and improve the performance, availability, and reliability of mobile millimeter-wave networks. This project will impact the broader population positively because it yields near-term benefits in 5G infrastructure and paves the way for long-term millimeter-wave research. Furthermore, this project will engage in outreach activities and involve a diverse set of students, particularly, women and minorities, leveraging the experimental nature of the research on next-generation wireless and cellular networks.The project addresses the key challenges by executing three thrusts: (1) MilliNet: To overcome high signal attenuation, millimeter-wave radios must focus their power via highly directional, electronically steerable beams. But, aligning the beams and maintaining the link between devices during obstruction and mobility are the fundamental barriers toward reliable connection. MilliNet, a faster beam alignment protocol, draws on ideas from the sparse channel recovery, allowing the radios to quickly discern the best physical millimeter-wave paths even under thousands of beams and picocell choices. (2) ReconMilli: To achieve spectrum flexibility, next-generation radios must be able to operate over a wide range of the spectrum, from micro-wave to millimeter-wave. But the fundamental challenge is that physical space on mobile devices is limited. ReconMilli, a reconfigurable antenna design, joins multiple millimeter-wave antennas physically into a micro-wave antenna, but splits it, when needed, into multiple millimeter-wave antennas; thus, achieving spectrum flexibility and saving physical space. (3) LiMesh: To make the deployment and maintenance of a 5G picocell mesh easy, mobile operators will use multi-Gbps fixed millimeter-wave links. Yet, disruptions in the wireless mesh are common; but, more importantly, such disruptions are catastrophic for ultra-reliable connectivity. LiMesh, an ultra-reliable picocell mesh design, leverages the fixed geometrical arrangement of the directional links to infer disruptions using a space-time failure correlation metric proactively. The research project will design, build, and empirically validate the proposed systems in millimeter-wave wireless test-beds.This project is jointly funded by the Computer and Network Systems (CNS) division and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

毫米波是下一代无线和蜂窝网络(5G及以后)的核心技术。使用毫米波技术的网络预计将满足客户对移动数据快速增长的需求，并满足新兴应用的严格吞吐量、延迟和可靠性要求，如沉浸式虚拟和混合现实、触觉互联网、车辆通信和自动驾驶车辆安全。然而，高方向性、高通道动力学和对阻塞的敏感性使得最先进的毫米波技术不适合低延迟、高性能和超可靠的应用。该研究项目致力于设计软硬件可重构系统，以应对移动毫米波网络的关键挑战，提高其性能、可用性和可靠性。该项目将对更广泛的人群产生积极影响，因为它在5G基础设施方面产生了短期好处，并为长期毫米波研究铺平了道路。此外，该项目将开展外联活动，吸引不同的学生，特别是妇女和少数群体，利用下一代无线和蜂窝网络研究的试验性性质。该项目通过执行三个推力来应对关键挑战：(1)千兆网：为了克服高信号衰减，毫米波无线电必须通过高度定向的、电子可操纵的波束来集中能量。但是，在障碍物和移动性期间对准波束并保持设备之间的链接是实现可靠连接的根本障碍。MilliNet是一种更快的波束对准协议，它借鉴了稀疏信道恢复的思想，使无线电即使在数千个波束和微微小区选择下也能快速识别最佳物理毫米波路径。(2)RECOMILI：为了实现频谱灵活性，下一代无线电必须能够在从微波到毫米波的广泛频谱上运行。但根本的挑战是，移动设备上的物理空间有限。可重新配置的天线设计，将多个毫米波天线物理地连接到一个微波天线中，但在需要时将其拆分成多个毫米波天线；因此，实现了频谱灵活性并节省了物理空间。(3)LiMesh：为了使5G微微蜂窝网的部署和维护变得容易，移动运营商将使用多Gbps固定毫米波链路。然而，无线网状网的中断是常见的；但更重要的是，这种中断对超可靠的连接是灾难性的。LiMesh是一种超可靠的微微蜂窝网格设计，它利用定向链路的固定几何排列，使用时空故障相关性度量主动推断中断。该研究项目将在毫米波无线试验台上设计、建造和经验性验证建议的系统。该项目由计算机和网络系统(CNS)部门和既定的激励竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)联合资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Towards Deep Learning Augmented Robust D-Band Millimeter-Wave Picocell Deployment

迈向深度学习增强稳健 D 频段毫米波微微蜂窝部署

• DOI: 10.1145/3595244.3595266
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review
• 作者: Regmi, Hem;Sur, Sanjib
• 通讯作者: Sur, Sanjib

mmFlow: Facilitating At-Home Spirometry with 5G Smart Devices

• DOI: 10.1109/secon52354.2021.9491616
• 发表时间: 2021-07
• 期刊: 2021 18th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON)
• 作者: Aakriti Adhikari;A. Hetherington;Sanjib Sur

A millimeter-wave wireless sensing approach for at-home exercise recognition

用于家庭运动识别的毫米波无线传感方法

• DOI: 10.1145/3498361.3538781
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: ACM MobiSys
• 作者: Sitar, Edward M;Saadat, Moh Sabbir;Sur, Sanjib
• 通讯作者: Sur, Sanjib

Thin Film Enabled Engineered Substrate for Miniaturized Antennas with Improved Bandwidth

用于具有改进带宽的小型化天线的薄膜工程基板

• DOI: 10.1109/ieeeconf35879.2020.9329840
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting
• 作者: Ge, Jinqun;Wang, Guoan
• 通讯作者: Wang, Guoan

A Case for Line-Of-Sight Blockage Detection as a Primitive in Millimeter-Wave Networks

视距阻塞检测作为毫米波网络原语的案例

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: IEEE Internatonal Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems (MASS
• 作者: Sur, S;Nelakuditi, S
• 通讯作者: Nelakuditi, S