NSF-IITP: CNS Core: Small: Quantum Communication and Sensing at Terahertz: A Path Toward 6G and Beyond

6G及更高级别无线网络的最新发展为传感和通信领域开启了新的篇章，使新兴领域的众多服务和应用成为可能。这些新的服务和应用需要前所未有的高精度和高效的传感和通信，这需要利用太赫兹（THz）波段的大带宽。虽然向太赫兹波段的过渡有几个好处，但太赫兹波段的全部优势可以通过使用量子资源来实现。这项跨学科的研究将建立一个统一的框架，将量子信息科学与太赫兹传感和通信结合起来。该项目将建立太赫兹量子传感和通信的基础。特别是，研究团队将：建立太赫兹量子传感和通信的基本性能极限，开发太赫兹量子传感和通信的信息和估计理论学习方法，并设计太赫兹量子传感和通信的算法，以实现全新的性能水平。在这项基础研究中采用的思想和方法的交叉授粉将增强传感和通信解决方案，为6G及以后的强大而高效的量子网络铺平道路。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The recent developments toward 6G and beyond wireless networks open a new chapter in sensing and communication, enabling numerous services and applications in emerging sectors. These new services and applications demand unprecedented high-precision and efficient sensing and communication, which entails the utilization of large bandwidths available at the terahertz (THz) band. Although the transition to the THz band promises several benefits, the full advantage of the THz band can be reaped by using quantum resources. This multidisciplinary research will develop a unified framework to integrate quantum information science with THz sensing and communication.This project will establish the fundamentals of quantum sensing and communication at THz. In particular, the team of researchers will: establish the fundamental performance limits of quantum sensing and communication at THz, develop information- and estimation-theoretic learning methodologies for quantum sensing and communication at THz, and design algorithms for quantum sensing and communication at THz to achieve entirely new performance levels. The cross-pollination of ideas and methodologies adopted in this fundamental research will empower sensing and communication solutions, paving the way to robust and efficient quantum networks for 6G and beyond.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.